And Then We Have Sticks...

yup, you got it. the neighbours don't complain tho.

of course, the moaties had to eat a few before the complaints stopped.
 
I bet it's not Zulu but I bet it's not tourist either. Somebody used that thing. Maybe not for whomping moat monsters but at least as a walking stick.
 
I Agree with Kron and Blue, Probably not true zulu, but a very nice authentic walking staff that has seen a lot of use. The basic structure and materials with the steel tip makes it potentially early Edwardian Era made to mimic the Victorian era captured war trophy knobkerries.
 
when it rains it pours, found this one at an antique auction, found out what the ball in my last sticky post was. it's a 2 in. steel/cast iron grape shot. this one is only drilled part way & has a male bamboo haft with a short silverish ferrule on the ground end. it came with a nice silver topped malacca cane as part of the lot, black with silver oxide. cane has a black rubber ground ferrule covering a silver one. ball one weighs just under a kilo (2.2lb). heavy sucker, like the other one. as infantry used cannister, with .75in. lead musket balls, this implies a 19c naval connection. they were the only ones using 2in. grape.

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cool swaordstick. i'm saving my pennies for one. seen a few ones with triangular x-section blades in bamboo sticks with the bamboo root ball as the handle. missed one in a recent auction, went for more than i wanted to pay at the time. eventually one will want to live with me.
 
kronckew said:
cool swaordstick. i'm saving my pennies for one. seen a few ones with triangular x-section blades in bamboo sticks with the bamboo root ball as the handle. missed one in a recent auction, went for more than i wanted to pay at the time. eventually one will want to live with me.
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Thanks Kronckew! BTW, loving your Dire Wolf!
 
Fantastic thread, I still have to read through all 9 pages... Sticks, stories, spirituality - it's the trifecta.
 
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