Hand tool
A hand tool is any
knives
.
Outdoor tools such as garden forks, pruning shears, and rakes are additional forms of hand tools. Portable power tools are not hand tools.
History
Hand tools have been used by humans since the
stone tools were used for hammering and cutting. During the Bronze Age, tools were made by casting alloys of copper and tin. Bronze tools were sharper and harder than those made of stone. During the Iron Age iron replaced bronze, and tools became even stronger and more durable. The Romans developed tools during this period which are similar to those being produced today. After the Industrial Revolution, most tools were made in factories rather than by craftspeople.[2]
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A large collection of British hand tools dating from 1700 to 1950 is held by St Albans Museum. Most of the tools were collected by Raphael Salaman (1906–1993), who wrote two classic works on the subject: Dictionary of Woodworking Tools[3] and Dictionary of Leather-working Tools.[4] David Russell's vast collection of Western hand tools from the Stone Age to the twentieth century led to the publication of his book Antique Woodworking Tools.[5]
General categories
The
knives
.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hand tools.
- Antique tool
- Category:Hand tools
- Cutting tool
- Garden tool
- List of timber framing tools
- List of tool-lending libraries
- Manual labour
- Surgical instrument
References
- ISBN 978-92-2-109816-4.
- ^ ISBN 1566703085.
- ISBN 978-1-879335-79-0.
- ISBN 978-1-879335-72-1.
- OCLC 727125586.
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