I was able to drop by the museum during my recent visit to Liberty Tools<\/a> and I spent several (reread: several \ud83d\ude42 ) enjoyable and very informative hours there.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOn arriving I met staff member Sett Balise, who graciously took the time to explain various aspects of the museum and a bit of history.<\/p>\n
The mission of The Davistown Museum<\/a> is the recovery, restoration, preservation, cataloging, displaying, and interpreting of the hand tools of New England\u2019s early American industries from 1607 to 1930. This includes the tools of shipsmiths, edge toolmakers, forgemasters, blacksmiths, shipwrights, coopers, wheelwrights, sail makers, pattern makers, machinists, tool and die makers, and mechanics.<\/p>\n
Here are some photos that I took showing some of the tools on display:<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nSkip Brack, owner and buyer for the Jonesport Wood Company<\/a>, which includes Liberty Tool Company<\/a>, the Hulls Cove Tool Barn, and Captain Tinkham\u2019s Emporium<\/a> in Searsport founded the museum in 1999. His search for and recovery of old tools led to the discovery of historically significant tools which became the basis for the museum collections.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nFor tool collectors and aficionados The Davistown Museum is a great experience and resource, a jewel in the rust. Put this on your ‘Places I Have To Visit” list and make sure that you give yourself a couple of hours to peruse this grand collection. <\/p>\n
I believe that what impressed me most was not only the tool displays but the feeling that I got just by being there. You can feel the history of these tools, literally and figuratively. They have life, in their past and in what they bring to the future.<\/p>\n
Hats off to the team at The Davistown Museum<\/a> for keeping tool history alive and well! Kudos! Kudos! Kudos to you!<\/p>\n
Back to the shop…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"