Section III. Cuttlers Tooles.
From the Mettle founder let vs cast our eyes aside, and take a view of what Instruments and working Tooles belongs to the Cutler.
Half round burnisher
21. In this square are three sorts of
Instruments used by the Cutler in his
way of work. The first is termed an
halfe round Burnisher.
Silvering burnisher
The second is a siluering Burnisher.
Crooked burnisher
The Third is called a crooked
Burnisher.
Marking iron
22. In this square are three other
tooles belong to the Furbisher, as
first is the marking Iron; it is to marke
and score the leather of scabards.
Hatching knife
The second is termed an Hatching
or Etching Knife.
Searing iron
The third is a Scearing Iron, its use
is to sceare, and melt the rosen and
wax about the scabards.
Frubbing stick
In this square is other two Instruments of a Furbisher. The first in
chief is termed a Frubing Stick, or a
Furbishing Stick.
Colouring stone
The second is called a colouring, or
Glasing ston.
Frubbing beam
24. He beareth a Frubing
Beam, or Furbishing Beam with
its stirrup and Foot board.
This is the Beam on which Cutlers
polish and make bright and clean their
sword blades; which are kept tight and
fast vpon it, by strettening the stirrup
with the weight of the workmans foot
on the foot board. This frubing Beam
hath these seuerall parts or members
belonging to it.
The Bench Feet
The Bench or plank.
The two.
The cross Beam.
The Foot board, the board hung between the feet, by which the stirrup is made strett or slack.
The Stirrup, a long peece of leather that lies ouer the Beam and under the foot board.
Frubbing beam hook
25. In this square is three things
much used in the Cutlers trade the first
is termed the Hook of the Frubing
Beam, it is that as lyeth in the cheif.
Gleassier
The second in the dexter base is
called a Gleassier, it is a solid wheel
made of wood and set on stands much
after the nature of a Grindle Ston, and
turned about with an Iron Winch: On
this they Glease and made bright their
Blades.
Varnishing oven
That on the sinister base, is their
Varnishing Oven.
Burnisher
26. He beareth a Burnisher,
or a Spur Burnisher.
Burnishing steel
27. This is a cutlers Burnishing steele
made round below on the edge, and
wedged in a square hole made in a long
peece of wood growing taper towards
the ends, which are the handles to hold
it by, when they are rubing any sword
Blade to burnish it.
They use also seuerall other Tooles as Hamer, files , Raspes of diuers sizes, Pincers, Glew potts, Vice, and Punches seuerall, but these being more properly spoken to in other trades I leave them here, and referre you to them else where as they are in former chapters.
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