Resin scorer

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A resin scorer used in the turpentine industry. The resin scorer has a metal scoring attachment at the top and a short handle with a metal bulb of attached to the bottom. The scorer is a metal, J-shaped attachment with a wide, flat blade at the top that extends perpendicularly from the shaft of the handle. The blade is a flat piece of metal that has been folded to form a hook. The blade edge on the bottom of the hook is slightly tapered. The tang of the blade is embedded in the wooden handle and secured with two (2) metal bands. Three (3) nails have been wedged under the bottom band. There is also a fourth nail embedded in the top of the handle. The shaft of the handle is rounded. The bottom of the handle threaded through a heavy, bulbous shaped metal attachment.

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