On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:29:23 GMT, "Rich"
wrote:

Friend has been given his grandfather's rigging knife. Is the pointed
tapered tool for untieing knots and opening the lay of a line called a fid?
What else is it for? On the side of the knife is a tapered slot routed
into the wooden handle and then overlain with steel with the matching slot
milled into it. The slot is not undercut . It is about 3/16" deep, about
1/4" wide at the large end and about 3/16 to 1/8" at the other. Whole slot
is about 1 1/2" long.

Is the slot another tool? What is it for?

Thanks,
Richard

I've always called the pointed thingy a marlinspike. The slot is for
opening shackles. It's tapered to accomodate different sizes.
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