Gorgeous Antique Knotwork Sailor's Cosh or Blackjack antique pick up sticks which seem to be much

which seem to be much rarer

perhaps hanging outside the front door

but also really nice just set along the front of a shelf horizontally

Just above his stick is a bit of a brown spot which gives that patch of the sky a bit of the feel of a tiny tornado

I just love the shape and the presence of this piece

Gorgeous Antique Knotwork Sailor's Cosh or Blackjack antique pick up sticks which seem to be muchI'm quite obsessed with this exquisitely crafted but also pretty brutal object, a sailor's weapon, preferred over the knife, and which from what I have read was carried by "Press Gangs," who would use them to gather a crew by rendering unsuspecting victims on shore unconscious, only to awake once out at sea. Housed inside the gorgeous macrame knot work at the large end is a lead weight, which would do the damage. The long stretch of the middle is