[MR] Information request: Fiber Spinners

[Catherine Windsor]

I thought about that too. It might be from being jammed against something hard, 
like a deck or someone's head then gotten wet a few too times so that the fibres 
separated.

 Baroness Julia Windsor
Argent, a portcullis and chief embattled azure


"So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All we 
have to decide is what to do with the time given to us."




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From: "jbrmm266 at aol.com" <jbrmm266 at aol.com>
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 10:25:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] Information request: Fiber Spinners


It DOES suggest a marlinspike, though the little thickening near the point is a 
bit of a mystery.  Have you any idea of its size?



Your servant aye
Donal Mac Ruiseart
(Or, on a saltire gules four anchors Or)






-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Windsor <jcwindsor59 at yahoo.com>
To: Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 1:37 pm
Subject: Re: [MR] Information request: Fiber Spinners


It looks like a marlin spike used for splicing ropes. Considering that Glasgow 

has been building ships for centuries, that makes since.



Baroness Julia Windsor

Argent, a portcullis and chief embattled azure





"So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All we 




have to decide is what to do with the time given to us."









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From: Jeff Harold <aleseller1745 at yahoo.com>

To: Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>

Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 9:57:04 PM

Subject: [MR] Information request: Fiber Spinners



A woman in my 18th C Scottish reenactment group came across a picture of an 

oddly-shaped Scottish spindle and could not identify its purpose.  Any ideas?



http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/viewimage.html?oid=107282&i=90152



Many thanks,



Geoffrey of Doune

Highland Foorde





      

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