Mandingo Sword Club? British shillelagh sword club?

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by DavidFriedman

Thanks Gavin,
I agree, I feel the shape is very blackthornesque. Though do the walking sticks show up this massive? About 41 inches long, and the bulbous club tip is about 2.5-3 inches across by eyeballing it.

Any guesstimate on on possible age? The axe is my personal piece, which I believe is Napoleonic.

In a cityscape in Victorian times when these were most popular, no, they are of a typical discrete cane size, it is how they passed undetected by would be attackers, they blended in.

In more remote or country setting, or remote colonial postings, anything goes and I think such a size would look to be a wonderful visually defensive deterrent simply based on size... for the confident would be attacker, the hidden message within would be quite the surprise.

The manner of the lanyard hole is a very French thing too... also commonly seen on the 18th century Pique work sticks... the whole thing, although I would not call it one, brings to mind the French Demi Solde sword canes....

I feel it is 19th century from the photos.

[DavidFriedman]

Thanks Gavin, great info! I’ll look in those directions.

A visual comes to mind of Crocodile Dundee unsheathing this, when an attacker pulls out a pen knife, saying, “This is a knife”

Cheers!