Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist gift for parents and I love how the

and I love how the color on this one

and the great steeple on that church

At first I took this scrimshawed blade for a letter opener

5 9/16" tall and wide and in very good condition

Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist gift for parents and I love how theThis is a wonderful antique folk art sailor's fid carved of hardwood. I purchased it from a dealer specializing in antique nautical items, who I believed had just brought it in, and as I carried it to the front of the (excellent) antique co op where I found it, one person after the next enthusiastically admired it. Fids, or marlinspikes, vary in size but are always conical and tapering in form; they were essential tools used by sailors for a variety