SOLD Wonderful Old Homemade Mast Scoring Tool from Maine hand-drawn birds I know from the seller

I know from the seller that this old whimsy came from an amazing estate on Madeline Island in Lake Superior that had been built by two Norwegian brothers in 1905 and was filled to the brim with a lifetime collection of antiques

but I sure love this knife

quite a nice birthday crown

with this most earnest looking young artist

I am not sure the age but its definitely got some years on it

SOLD Wonderful Old Homemade Mast Scoring Tool from Maine hand-drawn birds I know from the sellerA very homemade old tool, and beautifully so. An old tag from the now deceased dealer I purchased this from described it as an antique mast scorer from Maine. And indeed, the iron spikes extending at regular intervals from the rotating wooden wheels at either end are quite sharp enough to leave their mark. From what I understand, this would have been using for marking the mast s of a sailboat to indicate specific sail positions or settings for optimal