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My father, now in his late 70's has used glass for smoothing, shaping and
"sanding" his woodworking projects for years. He told me once that when he
was young (in New England), and sandpaper wasn't widely available, he and
his father had used whatever was available. A metal edge works well, but
constantly needs to be dressed - a time wasting process compared to how long
it took to create a "new edge" with a piece of glass. Since most farm folk
of that period were quite self sufficient when it came to producing their
own necessities, you might attempt to locate any associated woodworking
tools or materials.
Jim Tourtillotte
Eastern Washington University
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From: Philip A. Perazio <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: Glass scrapers
> I have been analyzing a small historic artifact collection from
northwestern
> Pennsylvania and have come across several examples of late historic/modern
> (post 1870) glass fragments that show evidence of usewear and edge
> preparation/retouch indicating use in a fashion similar to prehistoric
> Native American scraping tools. These artifacts were collected from a
> domestic refuse scatter loosely associated with a late nineteenth century
> farmhouse. Several of these glass fragments are from machine made glass
> containers, one glass fragment is manganese solarized, another is pink
> machine-pressed table glass common during the Depression. I am aware of
> worked glass on earlier sites, but the late date is puzzling. Though this
> could be the work of either Native Americans or Europeans, there are no
> known contemporary Native American settlements in this vicinity. Has
anyone
> come across any reference to something like this on later European sites?
> Native American Sites?
>
> Kira Presler
> Kittatinny Archaeological Research, Inc.
>
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