Who would use a Serving Board and a Fid? Ropemaker/Sailmaker?
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That would be someone working with rope or line. A fid is a tool for separating strands of line and used in splicing line. A serving board is for working with a line while you 'serve' the line. Which is wrapping it with a smaller line to prevent chafe.
Sail maker.
A sailor would use a fid because it is for splicing ropes. I suppose a rope maker may but most ropes these days are made by machine. I would think several people could use a serving board.
A sailor or a sail maker. Not a rope maker.
a deckhand would use a fid to splice or put an eye in a line.
A fid is a conical shaped hand tool. Its used to push the rope strands apart so you can feed through another rope end when tying knots.
They are about 6" long, often with a scoop out of one side so when you push the Fid through the rope you have a gap to pull the other rope through before removing the fid.
A fid is a pointed tool used on board a ship or boat that helps untie knots.
THESE DAYS NIETHER, THEY WOULD MORE LIKELY BE USED BY A BOSUN
who gives a s*** jaysus there is some shite questions being asked here i think yous are all a bit touched in the auld head ! anyway with that off me chest a sail maker is the answer to your shite question serving board is like a dress makers table and a fib is a pointed tool!
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