Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 99
dissec-ted, samples of woods may be selected andsmoothed to show the grain, souvenirs may becut and carved. The woodsman, especially theNew England woodsman, is proverbially a whit-tler, and through practice he becomes exceedinglyexpert in the use of the implement. For thosewho do especially… … NIPPERS AND PLIERS.Readily open and shut. Each from one piece of wood. intricate by innumerable interlocking links. Afavorite exhibition of skill is to cut from a singlepiece of wood, a pair of nippers or pliers so thatthey may be actually opened and closed. Tocarve a swivel or a movable ball…
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