Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist pewter 2 1/2" d and in

2 1/2" d and in very good condition

with an alphabet running A to R (clearly there was never more than that) and then this terrific monogram MAM at center

hung side by side on a white wall

Once locked back in place

with plenty of wear and corner folds on a couple

Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist pewter 2 1/2" d and inThis 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