Lawyers bodkin

A lawyers bodkin[1] or ribbon thrader is an tool used in work with stationery. It is used to bore holes in paper documents so that a connector such as legal tape, a treasury tag or a brass fastener can be threaded through the hole in the documents to bind them together. A lawyers bodkin is similar to a stitching awl: it consists of a pointed metal shaft with an eyelet near the pointed end connected to a bulb-shaped wooden handle; the shaft is kept attached to the handle by a ferrule.

References
  1. "Victorian Collections - Object, Lawyers bodkin with eye". Federation University Australia Historical Collection. Federation University Australia. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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