Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist pewter 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 3 7/8" tall not including brass handle

I'd guess that the arm once fit inside some sort of extension

Paper size 26" x 20"

Once locked back in place

hung side by side on a white wall

Antique Sailor Made Hardwood Fid with Carved Fist pewter 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"This 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