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the tiny spike that built shoes, saddles, and empires before sewing machines stole its job
stone ageflint awls pierced leather over 40,000 years ago
name twistonce called a nawl until English misheard it
sailor toolthe marlinspike is an awl for rope splicing
scribe's penancient wax tablets were written with awl-like styluses
shoemaker iconcrossed awls symbolized the cobbler's trade for centuries