Smasher
Description
A wooden smasher with a smooth mushroom shaped head attached to a round handle with a small bulb at the end with one portion flattened off.
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Classification
Collection
Credit line
This
smasher
was
used
by
Robert
Graham,
who
owned
a
boot
repair
and
saddlery
shop
in
Queen
Street,
Waitara.
Smashers
were
used
in
a
similar
way
to
a
collar
maker's
mallet,
for
smoothing
by
light
tapping
the
edges
of
a
blocked
saddle
seat
or
for
levelling
and
consolidating
the
stuffing
in
the
seat
with
heavier
blows.
Accession number
TM2003.006
Collection type
Material
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