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Posted by Lee Michaels on May 15, 2008, 9:37 pm
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1302. Belaying pins. I know of these because I have seen them on the big
rigger sailing ships. But long before I knew of their use for rope, I had
read of another use for them by almost all sailors of that era. They were
also used as weapons. Indeed many pirates kept a couple of them on their
person when fighting. If the single shot pistols were fired and there was a
problem with a lost sword or a confined area, out came the belaying pins.
I would think a good whack or two from these belaying pins would take the
fight out of almost anybody.
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