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Offline wvtools

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Odd Little Tool
« on: March 28, 2012, 03:13:46 PM »
I am not sure what this thing is.  It kind of looks like a line up tool, an awl or a punch.  It has definitely been hammered on the top end and the bottom end is bent.  Or was it just misused?








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Offline amertrac

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Re: Odd Little Tool
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2012, 03:25:31 PM »
rope splicer?   BOB W.
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Offline wvtools

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Re: Odd Little Tool
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2012, 04:24:53 PM »
That could be it Bob.  I did not think of that one.  It could be a small marlin spike for small wire rope.
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Offline BruceS

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Re: Odd Little Tool
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2012, 04:34:22 PM »
Quote from: wvtools on March 28, 2012, 04:24:53 PM
That could be it Bob.  I did not think of that one.  It could be a small marlin spike for small wire rope.
Your right on, marlin spike  for wire rope.    A Fid,  ( mistakenly called a marlin spike  )  is used for rope.  Learned that 45 years ago on USN boot camp.   The things one remembers from the past !  Far different from trying to remember what happened an hour ago.
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Offline m_fumich

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Re: Odd Little Tool
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2012, 07:47:57 PM »
Sad that the Navy doesn't teach that to everyone now. A Boatsman's Mate probably learns that but they didn't cover that in basic 20 years ago.
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