Awl

awl

TOOLS - RIGGING
Stanley
USA, NY, New York, Bronx, City Island; USA, CT, New Britain
0 x 5.50 x 0

Awl with wooden handle, and flat metal end; probably used for wire rather than rope; used by sailmaker Dominick Tripaldi at the Ratsey & Lapthorn loft, City Island, N.Y. ; carved into wooden handle "D.T."; stamped into metal "STANLEY/ SW/ MADE IN USA/ HURWOOD"; [Stanley of New Britain CT].

1994.27.23