Shanking tool for rough cutting spectacles to shape
 Catalogue Number: 3421 Shanking tool for rough cutting spectacles to shape Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Dispensing tool Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Description Of Item: Shanking tool for rough cutting spectacles to shape, 265 L x 85 W, metal, two shafts (shanks) joined at the end with a pivot, each with a handle at the other end Historical Significance: This tool was used to break off glass from spectacle lenses that had been scored to the desired shape for the lens using a template guided lens cutter How Acquired: Donated by Elizabeth Hatfield, Fellow of the College Date Acquired: July 2017 Condition: Good except for some surface rust Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 2 Overhead display |