{"product_id":"millers-falls-no-107-carving-tool-set-five-tools-with-oilstone-in-original-labeled-box-greenfield-mass-c-1935-1955","title":"Millers Falls No. 107 Carving Tool Set, Five Tools with Oilstone in Original Labeled Box, Greenfield Mass., c. 1935–1955","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA complete boxed carving set, and a lovely object even before you consider what it does. Five palm-handled carving tools lie in a fitted rack inside a dovetailed pine box, each handle turned in blonde beech — a broad rounded palm swelling forward to a hexagonal collar, shaped so the tool sits in the heel of the hand and drives from the shoulder rather than the wrist. Every handle is stamped \u003cstrong\u003eMILLERS-FALLS\u003c\/strong\u003e in blue across the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe blades are hammer-forged tool steel in five different profiles — straight chisel, skew, and gouges in varying sweeps — fitted with polished nickel ferrules and set into the handles dead straight. A rectangular \u003cstrong\u003eoilstone\u003c\/strong\u003e lies alongside in its own compartment for maintaining the edge, exactly as the label instructs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe box is the other half of the piece: pine, joined at all four corners with fine machine-cut finger dovetails, with a sliding lid that runs in a rabbet. \u003cstrong\u003eBoth original paper labels survive\u003c\/strong\u003e — the full blue instruction label on the lid and the orange end label reading \u003cem\u003eONE CARVING TOOL SET — No. 107 — Made in U.S.A. by Millers Falls Company, Greenfield, Mass., U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eMillers Falls Company\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of the great names in American hand tools. Founded in Massachusetts in 1868 and later headquartered at \u003cstrong\u003eGreenfield\u003c\/strong\u003e, the firm built its reputation on braces, bit stocks, hand drills, and eggbeater drills so well made that they remain the collector's benchmark to this day. When Millers Falls put its name on something, it meant the same thing Stanley's did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eNo. 107\u003c\/strong\u003e was the company's compact carving set — five tools chosen, as the lid label says, \"to give the greatest possible range of cuts and effects and in an inexpensive combination for carving woods and linoleum blocks.\" That second phrase dates it culturally as much as the label style does: linoleum block printing swept American art rooms and home studios from the 1920s through the 1950s, and Millers Falls was selling this set as much to the linocut printmaker and the school art department as to the woodcarver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full pl-[var(--msg-block-inset,0.5rem)] pr-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eBoxed carving tool set, five tools with oilstone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMillers Falls Company, Greenfield, Massachusetts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eForged tool steel blades; beech handles; nickel ferrules; dovetailed pine box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eModel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eNo. 107\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eFive palm-handle carving tools with sharpening stone in fitted sliding-lid box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003ec. 1935–1955\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eHandles stamped \"MILLERS-FALLS\"; original lid and end labels, \"Made in U.S.A. by Millers Falls Company, Greenfield, Mass.\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eVery good, complete. All five tools present with handles sound, bright, and firmly ferruled; blades straight with light grey patina and honest sharpening wear. Oilstone present. Box solid with all dovetails tight and lid sliding correctly; a shrinkage split runs through the lid with corresponding loss to the paper label along the crack. Both original labels otherwise intact and fully legible. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOld American carving tools outperform most of what's sold new. The steel Millers Falls used takes and holds an edge that modern budget sets cannot approach, and these five will go straight back to work after twenty minutes on a stone — for relief carving, chip carving, spoon work, or the linocut printing they were originally sold for. The palm handles are the reason to want them specifically: they're shaped for controlled detail work at close quarters, which is the hardest thing to do with a long-handled chisel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFor anyone who isn't carving, the box does the work. A complete labeled tool set in its original case is one of the best-looking things you can put on a shelf — the blonde handles ranked in their rack, the aged blue and orange paper, the dovetailed pine. It sits perfectly in a study, a workshop, a library, or a shop display, and it is exactly the kind of object people pick up and open.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Rue Tool \u0026 Supply Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934279090281,"sku":null,"price":398.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_2999_e6f2da68-2e62-49e4-8572-7f4787ac7dad.jpg?v=1787271654","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/millers-falls-no-107-carving-tool-set-five-tools-with-oilstone-in-original-labeled-box-greenfield-mass-c-1935-1955","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}