Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina nutcracker Canada pottery

Canada pottery

Hang it near the entry to home or business

I believe it dates from the early 20th century

while the neck and lower half are painted a very pale blue

Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina nutcracker Canada potteryI've become completely enamored of old handcrafted tools just for the spectacular, typically wonderfully worn objects that they are, but I'm also trying to learn a bit about what they are and do along the way! This is an old wood I think perhaps beech and forged iron spokeshave, the incredible beauty of which photos do not do justice. Spokeshaves which apparently date to prehistoric times, when they were used to shape arrow shafts occupy a space