Ken Talks Tools 4 - Plantation Tools (2008)

The best way of mining Ken Hawley's vast knowledge of tools and their making was to sit him down in front of an array of material from the Collection. This is one of a small series of films in which he shares his passion for tools and tool making.
Ken explores a variety of tools held in the Collection that would have been used in work on plantations around the world. Ken's unique style and knowledge blend to enable a fascinating and knowledgeable short film in which he looks at a wide variety of objects used in plantations world -wide.
Whilst Ken acknowledges the enormous scale of what was supplied, current reflections on who used them and how the work in plantations are carried out raises serious questions for many about the role of such industries in benefitting from where it involved possibly the employment of slaves and indentured labour.
The film was produced originally by Jeff Warner.
The film was produced from material recoded in 2008 as part of the 'Working with the Collector' Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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6:30 is very interesting and it's true! Our saws are push centric which i find extremely annoying. I do switch around my hack saw metal cutting blades often.