Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist French cafe which are nailed into the

which are nailed  into the bottom edge of the wood

which along with much else includes a story about temperance organizations and a poem titled "Disobedience

especially things like initials carved in the frames and old make-do repairs

This one jumped out to me from amid a crowd of stuff and she seemed so eager for company there was no way I could resist

Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist French cafe which are nailed into 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