Theme: Sailors' Crafts

Exhibition: Sailor's Ropework

Sailmakers seam rubber

Sailmaker’s seam rubber 1989.2.1

Night Sticks

Sticks with weighted heads

Needle cases

Two case in which sailors would keep their sailneedles in

hand dressing of hemp

hand dressing of hemp

Wright's Rope Walk 1770s

Wright's Rope Walk 1770s

Marline spikes

Used in splicing wire and fibre rope

Night Stick Detail

Clos up of the tope of the night sticks

Bag Handle

Bag Handle

Mr Ellwood making a rope halter

Mr David Ellwood of Kendal making a rope halter 1984

spinning yarn

spinning yarn by hand

Bellrope Ref 1994.1.1

Bellrope made by Corstaal(Chris) Berghout of London

Belt

A part finished belt

Blackjack

Blackjack

Block with grafted strop

block with covered strop 2005.2.4

Chest becket

Chest becket with a cleat in the shape of a hand on heart

Sailor's Ropework

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Ropework

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