Anchor Key Chain

An admiralty anchor — shank, stock and flukes — reduced to something that hangs from a split ring. The silhouette is among the oldest pieces of visual shorthand in circulation: it has meant the sea on tattoos, pub signs and naval buttons for centuries, and it needs no explaining to anybody. That makes it a straightforward gift. Sailors and dinghy racers, anyone who lives within sight of the water, or the boat itself, where a fob with a distinctive outline saves a certain amount of rummaging in a wet jacket pocket. It also stands up simply as a shape: symmetrical, balanced, clean enough to sit among house keys without turning fussy. A single-file design, worth printing once to go inside a birthday card or in a run for a sailing club's Christmas raffle.