The Navy issued Marlinespike folder

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Gabriel Taijeron

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I would like to tell all y'all Camillus nuts what youre missing. You may not have to join the Navy like I did to get it, but It does help to have a Boatswain's Mate procure one for you. You may see it in a black handled version, but most of the Navy gets the brown, textured handled, non-serrated blade and locking spike. It is a great tool that can be used for prying, stabbing and splicing line ("rope" for you civilian types) and will definitely hold a great edge. I used a diamond medium grit sharpener, then a Kyocera ceramic stick to sharpen the "straight razor style" blade, (which is hollow ground) and then used shoebox cardboard and MAAS polishing cream for a finely polished hone. I can shave my arms to the skin with it. It is very inexpensive, and should be a great gift to anyone who can appreciate it. I am sorry I dont have a photo of it, but I will put in a link if I find one out there.


----Remember the servicemen and women who keep us free....
 
Will or anyone,

I really try to find the answers to my questions before I bother people by asking them. I have looked in old threads, magazine articles, knife catalogs, and everywhere else I can. NOONE ever says what a Marlin Spike is used for. By literal interpretation you would think that it was used to gore Marlins with. Perhaps it is used to punch a hole in a carton of milk for quick thirst quenching.
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Maybe for secretly punching holes in the hull of enemy ships?
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WHAT----IS----IT----FOR?????????

Thank you for indulging my moronic question.

Jim McCullough

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Next time you feel your life is sooo tough, read this- Some American Heroes
 
For you non nautical types, a Marlin spike is used for working with line, splicing, etc.,working bights out. It can be very handy.
 
Well, technically, it is for working with line. It is my personal experience to see them used for just about anything. I have seen marlinespikes of different size and metals, which can loosen rusted in bolts and poke holes in leather...also, its great as a prying bar, or to chisel away at old paint from hard to reach cracks. Its use is limited only to the imagination and to the safe use of the seaman.
 
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