Stonemason's French drag
identifier
ID 1039
morphology
craft
holotype
MOT V 93.0298 L=23cm WD=8,5cm WT=230gr. Inscription: A.G.G.
holotype
MOT V 2001.0033 L=18cm WD=2cm H=7,5cm WT=135gr
holotype
MOT V 2001.0034 L=24,6cm WD=6cm H=7,5cm WT=485gr
holotype
MOT V 2001.0035 L= 15cm WD=2,3cm H=7cm WT=138gr
holotype
MOT V 2019.0478 L=7cm WD=6,7cm WT=64gr. Inscription: J.K.
holotype
MOT V 2019.0479 L=12,2cm WD=5,5cm WT=55gr. Inscription: J.K.
holotype
MOT V 2020.0026 L=28cm WD=4,5cm WT=95gr. Inscription: EV
holotype
MOT V 2020.0028 L=25,5cm WD=13cm WT=438gr. Inscription: GP
description
The French drag is used by the stonecutter for smoothing out soft stone types such as marl, after the work with the stone-dressing axe, the charring chisel or the claw chisel. There is a wide variety of models and sizes depending on the surface to be worked.
The hand tool consists of a wooden block with handle, in which the sole contains a series of straight or serrated metal cutting blades, perpendicular to the direction of the piece of stone to be planed.
You can find more technical information on the dutch version of this page. [MOT]
MOT V 2019.0478
MOT V 2019.0479
MOT V 2020.0028
MOT V 2020.0026