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Old 30th January 2010, 10:44 PM   #1
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Picked this nice old club today comments are welcome.

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Old 31st January 2010, 04:09 PM   #2
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Nice snag Louie i think its more likely to be a stick mine is similar.
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Old 31st January 2010, 07:34 PM   #3
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Hi Lew,
I think the 'nails' (on yours) are hobnails ....they certainly look like them. Probably traded from the European settlers. The domed nails on Graeme's example were/are usually used in furniture making, as a decorative feature to secure the leather/material to wooden frames like, for instance the 'seat pad' on a chair.

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Old 20th February 2010, 09:58 PM   #4
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Hi All

The club arrived today and it is quite nice with good weight and balance. I may even use it as a walking stick.
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Old 21st February 2010, 04:26 PM   #5
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Nice, looks like you could deliver a jolly good rap to somebodies head with that. Two recent sticks the West African one I got just before Christmas and the South African one just after. The southern stick has a bit of steel tube on the end. Not weapon but interesting especially the carved one.
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Old 21st February 2010, 07:25 PM   #6
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Very nice I like the one on the right the best seems Zulu to me.
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