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|  4th June 2014, 05:04 PM | #1 | 
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			This is a very old ? It's 131/2" x 1 ........................thanks....................  .jimmy
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|  6th June 2014, 12:31 AM | #2 | 
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			I know I have seen images of items like this before but I cannot (as usual) remember what they were said to have been, possibly a fid of some type?   Hopefully someone with a better memory than mine will be able to answer to your question. Best, Robert | 
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|  20th June 2014, 03:41 AM | #3 | 
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			Beautiful old patina to the wood, whatever it is!? Definitely very old. Robert could be right with his fid possibility. I'm thinking nautical as well, possibly a cauking wedge for finishing out a ship? I've got an old spike axe ca. 1780 with a haft of similar dark patina. I like it, whatever it is!   Jimmy, you are the undisputed expert on oceanagraphic clubs. Any chance this could be a form of one of those??? Mark | 
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|  20th June 2014, 08:45 PM | #4 | 
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			It looks small for a club.  Perhaps it is a weaving tool. n2s | 
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|  21st June 2014, 08:48 PM | #5 | 
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			Well its not a club, but it could be some type of weapon.....................jimmy
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