WILL AND FINK NEEDLE

[cato]

Well, this might be as close as i ever get to a knife by this maker, or m. price.

lol, almost a knife

its 4 and 5/8 ths bigger than some knives

[FRJ]

That's a pretty neat artifact, cato.

[knife7knut]

Neat score! Looks like a sail maker's needle.

[Beechtree]

^Good thinking K7K. Great score cato!

[cato]

thanks guys,

7 they had harness needle on it
thanks for the I.D. on it.

[mrwatch]

It could be for upholstery work.

[terryl308]

As long as we are guessing, I'm going for a fish net repair needle. I used to work in a upholstery shop back in the 60's and we never used anything like that, but the stamp is worth a lot, nice old needle! Terry

[btrwtr]

Great score cato. I think that due to proximity either sail or net repair are good guesses.

Wayne

[knife7knut]

Here is a set that I acquired many years ago. A friend of mine who worked for Ted Hood;a famous sailmaker in Marblehead Massachusetts told me that is what they were. Large one is stamped,"J.J.&S England"

[RobesonsRme.com]

K7K, some of those look like suture needles.

And, size does not matter. There are some very large suture needles.

I Googled "J. J. & S. England". Got several matches. They were known for making "sacking" needles. Sacking, sail-making, pretty much same, I suspect.

Charlie