부산대학교 도서관

A beating iron, also known as a ’shop iron’ or ‘hand iron’, is a tool used by basketmakers for tapping and beating the weave of a basket to close it up, and also for cramming down the last stakes of a border. This beating iron consists of a short iron bar with one edge double the width of the other (for use on coarser work), and one end double the width of the other. It has a dual purpose as the ring at the end enables it to be used as a commander, a tool for straightening and bending thick willow and cane. It was made by J. Moss of Warrington and was given to the Museum by Emily Mullins, a Reading basketmaker.