Beautiful Old Handmade Spinning Chalk Line WInder with Blue and Pink String rampwalker gorilla with lovely long turned wooden

with lovely long turned wooden handle and whitish-gray soft horsehair bristles

In its original blue paint with gold stenciled "Bank" and black painted roof

I found this one in New Hampshire near the Vermont border

I love things that confuse me or make me question what I'm seeing

His head was carved as a separate piece with post inserted

Beautiful Old Handmade Spinning Chalk Line WInder with Blue and Pink String rampwalker gorilla with lovely long turned woodenI've got a special weakness for chalk line winders, and this is a really beautiful one, not least for the very old string on it, which changes from blue to pink as one unwinds. Along the way, it has been knotted to itself several times either to lengthen the line or, I think more likely, to mend it. The spool piece spins on the handle for easy winding and unwinding, and the handle is smooth and worn from handling. Love. 10 1 2 x 3 1 2 x 1 and in very