Maydole did not invent the adze-eye

I wish to point out a gross misconception perpetuated in your article of Nov. 1, 2018 entitled “Hammer Museum receives hammer boon.” Specifically, the claim that David Maydole invented the adze-eye hammer has been conclusively disproven. This claim appears to originate from James Parton’s glowing biography in “Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money,” published in 1884. Parton claims that Maydole invented the adze-eye in 1845. Maydole was granted…