Some of the crooked bones in fish-heads also answered for this purpose pretty well.
But that which formed our best and most serviceable hook was the brass finger-ring belonging to Jack.

It gave him not a little trouble to manufacture it.

First he cut it with the axe; then twisted it into the form of a hook.

The barb took him several hours to cut.

He did it by means of constant sawing with the broken pen-knife.