Introduction:
Because of changes in cataloguing terminology over the decades, descriptive information on C. DREW wire rope marlin spikes is not consistent. For this reason, we have arranged information about these tools on two pages according to the era in which the catalogues were produced:
Marlin Spikes:
Used for splicing wire rope cable.
Caveat:
It is assumed that when tools have corresponding descriptions in different C. DREW catalogues, that they will also have the same dimensions and weights. This assumption may not always be correct.
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C. DREW Marlin spikes in use. From C. DREW catalogue: June 1968, p. 14
DREW Marlin Spikes have no
peer anywhere in the world.
Our Marlin Spikes (also spelled "Marline") have been standard shipboard equpment since Seth Drew started forging them in 1805. They are found in rigging shops everywhere, the hang from the leather belts of ironworkers stringing the long steel cables of suspension bridges, and logging camps from Maine to Alaska stock them. Each spike is hammer forged from special analysis steel, ground and polished from end to end, and finally tempered to the exact hardness to meet the performance requirements of an industry which has looked to C. DREW for top quality tools for 163 years. (From C. DREW catalogue: June 1968, p. 14) |