| US Patent: 176,151 
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| Improvement in Spokeshaves Stanley No. 62 Reversible Spokeshave
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| Patentees: |  
 | Justus A. Traut (exact or similar names) - New Britain, CT |  | Henry Richards (exact or similar names) - New Britain, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 24, 1876 |  
| Granted: | Apr. 18, 1876 |  
 
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| Description: |  | The spokeshave has two cutters facing in opposite directions to allow the user to shave in either direction without reversing the tool in his hands. The stock is V-shaped to accommodate two cutters and has a V-shaped clamp that is secured with spring-loaded thumbscrews. |  |