You Will Never Fail, Earlier 19th Century Manuscript Recipe for Tempering Edge Tools emery automotive tools

automotive tools

I'm also not quite sure what is was made for--perhaps for spools of thread and thimbles

extra lovely and extra special feeling

I really love the c

and I love the plane's placement toward the top of the board with lots of air around it

You Will Never Fail, Earlier 19th Century Manuscript Recipe for Tempering Edge Tools emery automotive toolsA Reipt [I believe meant as receipt, widely used instead of recipe in the 19th century] to tempur [sic] edge tools. Take 5th of tallow, 1 1 2th of hard sope [sic], 1th of beeswax, 1th of horse hoof, 1th of salt first fry the horses foot [crossed out] hoof in the tallow then take out the horse hoof then boil it all together and put it in a troft [sic] large enough to temper any tool then heat the tool a chery [sic] red and stick it in and leave it be