#182 • Vintage Cast Iron Scrap Hatchet

Part of Lifetime Collector Auction #2: Antique Toys, Primitives, Antiques, Advertising & More Online Auction - Sinking Spring, PA (timed auction by Ken Geyer Real Estate Auctioneers, Inc.)

High bid $9.00

Status: Sold

This is a USMC scrap hatchet, also known as a clicking scrap hatchet. The USMC mark stands for United Shoe Machinery Corporation, not the United States Marine Corps. This tool was used in shoe manufacturing, specifically for cutting "clickings," which are small pieces of scrap leathe