Well Used and Reinforced Old Braided Leather Black Jack antique transformation card once he'd made the sculpture

once he'd made the sculpture

Hard not to feel a little happier with this one around

9 3/4" t x 5 1/4" w x 4"d  and in good condition

but with red and orange and gold paint still holding on and quite a beautifully carved face

3 1/8" long x 1 1/4" wide

Well Used and Reinforced Old Braided Leather Black Jack antique transformation card once he'd made the sculptureI'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,