Fid
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2008-04-13T11:07:36Z
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A '''fid''' is a conical tool made of wood or bone. It is used to work with [[rope]] and [[canvas]] in [[marlinespike seamanship]]. A fid differs from a [[marlinspike]] in material and purpose. A marlinespike is used in working with wire rope, may be used to open shackles, and is made of metal. A fid is used to hold open knots and holes in canvas. A fid is used to open the "lays", or strands of rope, synthetic or natural, for [[splicing]] said line.
A "fid" is also a unit of measurement equaling approximately 21 or 22 times the rope's diameter. The fid is further divided into a "short" fid and a "long" fid. A short fid is 1/3 the length of the full fid and a long fid is 2/3 the length of the full fid.
This chart shows examples of short, long, and full fid lengths for ropes of almost all diameters.
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Rope<br>
Diameter (in.)</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Rope<br>
Circ. (in.)</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Short Fid<br>
(in.)</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Long Fid<br>
(in.)</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Full Fid<br>
(in.)</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3/32"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">9/32"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2/3"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/3"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-5/8"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5/32"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">15/32"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-1/5"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3-2/7"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3/16"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9/16"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-1/3"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-5/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7/32"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">21/32"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">4-3/5"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">5-1/4"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">9/32"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">27/32"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">6"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">5/16"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-1/5"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4-3/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">6-4/7"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-5/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7-7/8"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7/16"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">6-1/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9-1/5"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">10-1/2"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9-16"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7-7/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">11-4/5"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">4-3/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">8-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">13-1/8"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">11/16"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4-4/5"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9-5/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">14-4/9"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">10-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">15-3/4"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">6-1/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">12-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">18-3/8"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">14"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">21"</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-1/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7-7/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">15-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">23-5/8"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">8-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">17-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">23-1/4"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-5/16"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9-1/5"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">18-3/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">27-4/7"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">4-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">10-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">21"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">31-1/2"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-5/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">5"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">11-3/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">22-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">34-1/8"</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">12-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">24-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">36-3/4"</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">6"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">14"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">28"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">42"</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-1/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">6-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">14-7/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">29-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">44-5/8"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">15-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">31-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">47-1/4"</font></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">17-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">35"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">52-1/2"</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-5/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">18-3/8"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">36-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">55-1/8"</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">8-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">19-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">38-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">57-3/4"</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">21"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">42"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">63"</font></td>
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<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3-1/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">10"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">22-3/4"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">45-1/2"</font></td>
<td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">68-1/4"</font></td>
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</table>
<p align="center">
==External links==
* [http://www.marlinespike.com/tools.html Examples of fids.]
* http://www.machovec.com/rope/splicing/splicing.htm for a chart of fid lengths
* [http://www.animatedknots.com/splicescouting/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com Animated splice & image of fid in use]
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