York2023-28 COBBLER'S PEG CUTTER. Holmes Patent. Patented by Elijah Holmes of Lynn, Mass., in 1872. Peg cutters are used by cobblers to shave the ends of pegs used to attach soles, the innovation of this patent is that the head (which resembles a plane float) can be rotated to use in different directions, or to easily detach the cutter. Clearly marked with two patent dates. Good+ 50-80