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From: "Sue Renkert" <>
Subject: Re: OAK DRAWER
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 14:16:59 -0800
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Now this one sounds like a keeper! I had some ancestors who were coopers -
thanks for the lesson in how it's done!

Sue

----- Original Message -----
From: "Houston" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: OAK DRAWER


> Another possibility
> Coopers (barrel and bucket makers) often sit at a drawing bench and use a
> draw knife. the bench has a "head" to clamp the piece of wood you are
> shaving into shape. The draw knife is a blade with two handles and gets
it's
> name because you draw the knife towards you as you shave the wood. Often
the
> draw knife blade is curved to shape the oak to make the barrel pieces.
> Thedrawing bench is sometimes called a shaving horse, in Pennsylvania
German
> it's called a schneidbank or schnitzelbank.
>
> Marcia Fronk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sue Renkert <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 5:51 PM
> Subject: OAK DRAWER
>
>
> > Maybe he drew pictures of oak trees???
> >
> > Seriously, I thought of another possibility. They graw buckets of sap
> from
> > maple trees and birch trees to make syrup. Do they do this with oak
> trees?
> > It would be only a seasonal occupation. I'll bet somebody has a better
> > idea.
> >
> > Sue
> > Fairbanks, Alaska
> > land of birch bark and birch syrup
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jacquelyn E Bean" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 12:12 PM
> > Subject: Need explanation of occupation
> >
> >
> > > I've been perusing the 1900 census for Clearfield Co and have come
> across
> > an occupation am not familiar with. It caused a great deal of laughter
> > upon first look, but then got to thinking. I've capitalized the
> > occupation...
> > >
> > > David Curry, Aug [undecipherable], age [undecipherable], married 21
> > years, born in PA, both parents born in PA, occupation OAK DRAWER, can
> read
> > and speak English but cannot write, rents home
> > >
> > > Did he actually make oak drawers, or perhaps drafted sketches of
them,
> or
> > did he draw (pull) oak from lumber piles, or perhaps work for a cooper?
> > >
> > > Would appreciate any feedback or ideas!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Jacquelyn (Erhard) Bean
> > >
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