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« on: January 09, 2011, 06:39:31 am »
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Hello everybody,

I found this some days ago close to a wreck site. Is it just a ship's nail or what is it?
I guess it is brass but I am not sure...

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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2011, 06:59:09 am »
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It looks like a flat nosed marlinspike for knot tying.

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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2011, 08:46:27 am »
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Looks to me to be a sewing needle for sail repair (eyelet (of steel/iron) has corroded).  Just a guess.

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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2011, 03:42:42 pm »
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No, it does not look like something corroded. I spoke to a fisherman and he told me that there is an area, very close to where I found this one, with lots of similar objects in all sizes.

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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2011, 06:01:22 pm »
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I have seen 100's if not 1000's of brass ship nails/spikes over the years and the one thing they have in common is some type of head.
Thinking GD is right its a marlinspike of some type

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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2011, 12:59:37 pm »
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A 10cm marlin spike? that is rather small don't you think?

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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2011, 04:46:44 pm »
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A 10cm marlin spike? that is rather small don't you think?

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A marlinspike (properly it is one word rather than two) is for knot tying, not spiking marlins. The ship or boat's boatswain would use it to create intricate knots when he didn't have enough fingers to hold them while he added twists and turns. It's exactly the right size.

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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2011, 04:50:13 pm »
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A marlinspike (properly it is one word rather than two) is for knot tying, not spiking marlins. The ship or boat's boatswain would use it to create intricate knots when he didn't have enough fingers to hold them while he added twists and turns. It's exactly the right size.


I had an old sailor knife that had a built in  marlinspike that was only about 10cm

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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2011, 03:33:34 am »
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 Grin Grin as a commercial diver I have learned how to make knots and what a marlinespike is, how to do splicing in rope and steel cable and you can believe me that the marlinespike that I used was a lot bigger than that also its cone shape (steel) permits you to work on all different rope diameters ( one spike fits all).
This bit of brass would have been quite useless for splicing rope also you have to remember that Joe Lee said that there were lots to be found in the area so as far as I'm concerned this is not a marlinespike. Seldom you can still get pocket knives with marlinespikes in them over here and I'm sure where you are too but believe me that they are only good for thin nylon rope there is no way that you could splice a decent size rope with it. 

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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2011, 07:35:25 am »
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Xavier, that's a marlinspike. There are more than one type of them, mate. Trust me, I've used one too and it was pointed but the guy next to me swore by his flat tipped one. To each his own. We'd wear a glove padded with a woven rope palm to push with it.

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