I hope that this qualifies as Ethnographic, a hound head sword cane

VANDOO · 1st March 2007, 03:59 PM

I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT ON THESE BUT THEY WERE IN VOUGE IN EUROPE DURING ONE PERIOD HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO PIN DOWN THE YEARS FROM START TO FINISH. YOURS APPEARS TO BE WHAT I REFER TO AS A SWORD CANE THERE WERE ALSO SWAGGER STICKS AND RIDING CROPS THAT HAD CONCEALED BLADES. THE ENGLISH CARRIED THEM DURING THE TIME THEY RULED INDIA PERHAPS THAT IS WHERE THEY GOT THE IDEA AS THEY HAVE LONG HAD CONCEALED BLADES.

. THERE IS QUITE A VARIETY OF THEM AND YOURS APPEARS TO BE A NICE OLD EXAMPLE POSSIBLY FROM THAT PERIOD. THEY WERE MOST LIKELY OUTLAWED IN EUROPE A LONG TIME AGO BUT I HAVE SEEN SOME MODERN ONES OVER THE YEARS. PERHAPS THEY BECAME POPULAR WHEN THE WEARING OF SWORDS IN PUBLIC WAS BANNED OR WERE CARRIED BY GENTELMEN WHO DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ARMED JUST DAPPER AND WITH A NICE WALKING STICK.
A EXPERT CANE COLLECTOR COULD PROBABLY TELL WHERE AND WHEN YOUR EXAMPLE WAS MADE ARE THERE ANY MARKINGS ON THE CANE OR BLADE? AS TO ETHINOGRAPHIC CANES WERE MADE IN VARIOUS FORMS FOR SALE THE INDIVIDUAL PICKED OUT THE ONE THAT APPEALED TO HIM OR PERHAPS HAD ONE CUSTOM MADE. I WOULD CONSIDER THEM ETHINOGRAPHIC BUT NOT TRIBAL, THERE ARE ALSO CERTIAN TYPES OF CANES ASSOCIATED WITH CERTIAN RACES, LODGES, REGIONS, ECT WHICH WERE ALSO USED AS A CLUB IF NEEDED.

1st March 2007, 03:59 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT ON THESE BUT THEY WERE IN VOUGE IN EUROPE DURING ONE PERIOD HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO PIN DOWN THE YEARS FROM START TO FINISH. YOURS APPEARS TO BE WHAT I REFER TO AS A SWORD CANE THERE WERE ALSO SWAGGER STICKS AND RIDING CROPS THAT HAD CONCEALED BLADES. THE ENGLISH CARRIED THEM DURING THE TIME THEY RULED INDIA PERHAPS THAT IS WHERE THEY GOT THE IDEA AS THEY HAVE LONG HAD CONCEALED BLADES. . THERE IS QUITE A VARIETY OF THEM AND YOURS APPEARS TO BE A NICE OLD EXAMPLE POSSIBLY FROM THAT PERIOD. THEY WERE MOST LIKELY OUTLAWED IN EUROPE A LONG TIME AGO BUT I HAVE SEEN SOME MODERN ONES OVER THE YEARS. PERHAPS THEY BECAME POPULAR WHEN THE WEARING OF SWORDS IN PUBLIC WAS BANNED OR WERE CARRIED BY GENTELMEN WHO DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ARMED JUST DAPPER AND WITH A NICE WALKING STICK. A EXPERT CANE COLLECTOR COULD PROBABLY TELL WHERE AND WHEN YOUR EXAMPLE WAS MADE ARE THERE ANY MARKINGS ON THE CANE OR BLADE? AS TO ETHINOGRAPHIC CANES WERE MADE IN VARIOUS FORMS FOR SALE THE INDIVIDUAL PICKED OUT THE ONE THAT APPEALED TO HIM OR PERHAPS HAD ONE CUSTOM MADE. I WOULD CONSIDER THEM ETHINOGRAPHIC BUT NOT TRIBAL, THERE ARE ALSO CERTIAN TYPES OF CANES ASSOCIATED WITH CERTIAN RACES, LODGES, REGIONS, ECT WHICH WERE ALSO USED AS A CLUB IF NEEDED.