I picked up this Naval Gimlet from a collection that came out of NY state. It measures 16 inches long. Gimlets were used to clean out fuse holes, and to punch a hole in the powder bag so the fuse could ignite the gun powder to shoot the artillery round. Naval gimlets were bigger than other cannon gimlets because of the size of the cannons that were on the war ships.
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