9. The Card-makers Trade is next to be handled, whose Tools though they be few, yet several Coats Armour have made them Honourable, to which by a misapprehension were the Comb-makers Instruments joined: Yet though the mistake was great, it shall not be a mistake in me, but I shall inform you in each particular Trade, what are their peculiar Tools, though intermixt in the Draughts of the Plate.
Cutting shears
LXXXIX. In this square are three Tools belonging
to the Card-maker. In the chief are the Cutting
Sheers, or the Wiyer Sheers, by these the Workman cuts his ends of Wyers many double together.
Card maker's grave
The second is the Card-makers Graver, it is a
polished Iron or Steel, set in a Hooped handle.
Cardmaker's prickel
The third is the Card-makers Prickell, being
two sharp points of Wyer set at a little distance, on the
flat of an Handle made of Hard Wood; with this he
maketh holes in the Leather to set the Teeth in.
Rounding saw
XC. In this quarter are three sorts of Tools belonging
to the Comb-maker, that is chief is termed a rounding Saw.
Comb maker's shave
The second is the Comb-makers Shave, it is a
Tool with a roundish edge and a streight back, with
two handles turning to the edge.
Comb maker's border
The third is termed a Comb-makers Border, an
Iron streight on the one side, and then flat, and roundish on the other side, with the ends turning up hook like.
Vither
CXI. In this square are three other Tools belonging
to the Comb-maker; the first in the chief, is a Vither; it is like the Blade of a Saw, with the farther end
of it turning up half round in a sharp point, with an
handle bending as in Country Saws.
Redishing knife
The second is termed a Redishing Knife; it is a
Knife with a long Blade, and sharp pointed like a Scotch
Bibby, with a little bending in the back towards the
point.
Rounding knife
The third is termed a Rounding Knife, being a
short yet broad Blade, with the end like to a Turkish
Scimiter, a thick back, and a short strong handle.
Carlett
XCII. In this quarter are three Comb-makers Tools;
The first is a Carlett; an Instrument three square
whereof the smooth side is up, and one of the Teeth
side seen; thus it is drawn with the back up.
Carlett
The second is the Carlett with the Back downwards, where you may see the Teeth of two sides meet
in a point both in one upon the third corner.
Comb maker's grail
The third is a Comb-makers Grail; it is a long,
flat, and broad Tool on the Back, and the other side
wrought into Teeth like a Saw, the whole breadth from
one side to the other, and set with a Tang into a strong
handle streight out.
Comb maker's hatchet
XCIII. In this square, is first the form and fashion of
the Comb-makers Hatchet.
Gwanett
The second is an Instrument called a Gwanett; it is
flat backed, and toothed on the other side, like to the
Graile, only the Handle of this turns backward, one
the Back of the Tool where the handle rests.
Turn file
XCIV. In this quarter are also these two Tools belonging to the Comb-maker, viz. the Turn-file,
and the Staddow. The first is in the chief, called a
Turn-File; it is like a Joyners smoothing, or paring
Chissel, but with a thick back rising up thre square,
with a thick strong hooped Handle.
Staddow
Image from proof plateThe second is termed a Staddow,
Pair of glans
XCV. In this quarter, is a pair of Glans, which
belong to the Trade of a Comb-maker, and a Tenting Pipe, and a Card Board, belonging to the
Card-maker.
The first is in the Fess part, that is termed the Glans
which is two pieces of Wood, square at the top, and rounded off below, with an Iron Pin through both, yet so as
they may widen a little; in the square any Horn is held
fast, if a Wedge be put in at the bottom, and worked
up into a Comb.
Tenting pipe
The second in the Sinister Chief, is termed a Tenting Pipe, it is a round Socket of Iron set in a thick
and round handle of Wood, which the Card maker useth for [blank]
Card board
The third is a Card Board or Leaf, only brought
from the Wood man that made it, being as yet without
Leather or Teeth set upon it.
Card maker's tents
XCVI. In this quarter is the Card-makers Tents,
or a pair of Tents, as they term it. It is two Boards
having two Screws going through them, with two
Screw Nuts, which draws one Board to the other,
or further off the other, according to the breadth of
the Leather he puts on the Tentry Hooks fastned in
the Boards.
Card maker's cutter
In this part of the Plate is Engraven three
Tools of the Card-maker, the first in the dexter
chief is termed a Cutter, by the help of this, the
Wyers for the making of the Card Teeth, are cut
all of an even length. It is of Iron for the hollow
square, the rest being Wood.
Card maker's doubler
The second in the Sinister chief, is termed a Doubler;
with this the Wire is bent into the form of a
Greek Pi, the top part is a Plate of Iron nailed on
a piece of Wood rounded, for the easie holding of it
in the hand.
Card maker's crooker
The third in the Base, is called a Crooker; by the
help of this a double Bent is put upon the foresaid Wire
which is in the form of a with two ends put into the
two holes of this Plate, and with the Thumb bent down
to the Plate, makes it have a four-fold bending, at
which time it is prepared for the Setting, as they
term it, that is, putting it into the Pritchelled Leather.
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