Gorgeous Antique Knotwork Sailor's Cosh or Blackjack antique pick up sticks bird itself is 3/4" thick

bird itself is 3/4" thick

There is a small bit of something  adhered to the bottom right gray square that I just noticed in the photos

Produced by the German company Fabrik-Marke and in the original box

and with a presence that far exceeds her diminutive stature (she feels rather like a tower of calm and composure

which seem to be much rarer

Gorgeous Antique Knotwork Sailor's Cosh or Blackjack antique pick up sticks bird itself is 3/4" thickI'm quite obsessed with this exquisitely crafted but also pretty brutal object, a sailor's weapon, preferred over the knife, and which from what I have read was carried by "Press Gangs," who would use them to gather a crew by rendering unsuspecting victims on shore unconscious, only to awake once out at sea. Housed inside the gorgeous macrame knot work at the large end is a lead weight, which would do the damage. The long stretch of the middle is