Antique Knotwork Sailor's Cosh black eyes but almost never find a

but almost never find a complete deck that is within my reach

a bit of cracking to the splint here and there

which is at far right in the image of three sold together

I'm a softie for especially carefully painted pieces like this cigarette box

or just hang it on the wall

Antique Knotwork Sailor's Cosh black eyes but almost never find aAbout a year ago I found a sailor's cosh similar to this one in the Hudson River Valley, and just returned to the same dealer to purchase this one, which came from the same estate. From what I understand, this exquisitely crafted but brutal object was a sailor's weapon, preferred over the knife, and according to lore was carried by "Press Gangs," who would use them to gather a crew by rendering unsuspecting victims on shore unconscious, only to awake