Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist French cafe My photos are not very

My photos are not very good - pages are general brighter

though possibly French

which I will leave to someone else

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 My photos are not veryThis 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