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Spoke shave .50 1 Bevel— .25 1 Box rule .84 1 Iron square 1.42 1 Box rule 1.25 1 Spur Rabbet (Sold—1.17) 1.33 1 Pannel plane 1.25 1 Sash plane 1.25 1 pr. Match planes 2.25 1 Two inch chisel or firmer— .42 1 Morticing chisel 3⁄8 .25 1 Large screw driver 1.00 1 Pr. small clamps .50 1 pr. Spring dividers .92 1 do-nippers .20 1 Morticing chisel 1⁄2 in. .28 1 Ovilo & Ostrigal 3⁄4— 1.25 1 Scotia & Ostrigal 5⁄8— 1.08 1 Noseing— 1.08 1 Pr. Hollow & rounds 1.33 1 Ogee— 1⁄2 inch 1.00 1 Ostrigal 7⁄8 inch 1.00 1 Bit— .15 1 Beed 1⁄2 inch .83 1 Claw hammer .67 1 Fillister 2.50 2 Beeds at 5⁄8 1.83 1 Pair Quirk tools 1.50 1 Side Rabbet plane .83 1 Large steel tongued sq. 1.71 1 Saw & Pad .67 1 pr. fire stones .50 1 small trying sq. .50 1 Set Bench planes double ironed without smooth plane 6.00 1 Bench screw .75

By 1900, the carpenter's tool chest, fully stocked and fit for the finest craftsman, contained 90 or more tools. Specialization is readily apparent; the change in, and achievement of, the ultimate design of a specific tool is not so easily pinpointed. Only by comparing illustrations and surviving examples can such an evolution be appreciated and in the process, whether pondering the metamorphosis of a plane, a brace and bit, or an auger, the various stages of change encountered coincide with the rise of modern industrial society.

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Hand tools are often neglected in the search for the pleasing objects of the past. Considered too utilitarian, their decorative appeal—the mellow patina of the wood plane or the delicately tapered legs of a pair of dividers—often goes unnoticed. Surprisingly modern in design, the ancient carpenter's or cabinetmaker's tool has a vitality of line that can, without reference to technical significance, make it an object of considerable grace and beauty. The hand tool is frequently a lively and decorative symbol of a society at a given time—a symbol, which, according to the judges at London's Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851, gives "indications of the peculiar condition and habits of the people whence they come, of their social and industrial wants and aims, as well as their natural or acquired advantages."[8] The hand tool, therefore, should be considered both as an object of appealing shape and a document illustrative of society and its progress.