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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4350862, member: 8267"]In basketry, another distinction between a marlin spike (or bodkin) and a fid - a spike/bodkin is just a solid, tapered, pointy thing. You push it into the rope (or between basketry rods or bundles) to create an opening, remove it, and put another strand through the opening before it closes. (You can also shove the bodkin to the side to try to hold the space open.) A fid has a groove, so that you can push it into place, and it maintains the opening while you thread another element through the groove. Then you pull the fid out. The terminology seems variable, and perhaps craft-specific. An awl is a smaller version of the basic spike/bodkin, but because of the smaller point it needs a larger handle to fit in the hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>A fid:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]361005[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4350862, member: 8267"]In basketry, another distinction between a marlin spike (or bodkin) and a fid - a spike/bodkin is just a solid, tapered, pointy thing. You push it into the rope (or between basketry rods or bundles) to create an opening, remove it, and put another strand through the opening before it closes. (You can also shove the bodkin to the side to try to hold the space open.) A fid has a groove, so that you can push it into place, and it maintains the opening while you thread another element through the groove. Then you pull the fid out. The terminology seems variable, and perhaps craft-specific. An awl is a smaller version of the basic spike/bodkin, but because of the smaller point it needs a larger handle to fit in the hand. A fid: [ATTACH=full]361005[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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