Well Used and Reinforced Old Braided Leather Black Jack etching calling cards with fabulous fat iron nails

with fabulous fat iron nails all over

A very sweet old pair of handmade machinist's calipers

16 3/8 x 5 15/16 x 6 1/8 and in good condition

I am not certain the age of this puppet

Well Used and Reinforced Old Braided Leather Black Jack etching calling cards with fabulous fat iron nailsI've had a couple of very beautiful antique knotwork (macrame) sailor's coshes, which were actually what made me aware of this type of weapon, more commonly known as a blackjack. Subtle, but brutal, they features a pliable, braided middle and heavily weighted end, designed to enable a very bruising thwacking. Perhaps this black leather one, well worn at the weight end and reinforced with near the handle, was carried by a policeman in the 1920s or so,