Golf Club Walking Stick, Steel Head Diamond Back
Golf Club Walking Stick, Steel Head Diamond Back
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Antique Sunday Club, Steel Head Diamond Back.
A good golf club walking cane with the handle in the shape of a diamond back iron golf club head. The gentleman's walking stick has an iron club head handle stamped 'I.R.D' and mounted on a wooden shaft and finished with an old brass ferrule end.
The ban on golfing on the Sabbath, Sunday, had the effect of the club makers producing walking sticks for canny golfers. They fashioned the canes with a golf club head as a handle and they became known as 'Sunday Clubs' or 'Sabbath sticks'. It is said that on the Sabbath a Sunday Club owner, when nobody was looking, could still enjoy a crafty putt or swing.
Dimensions:
1900-1949
Circa 1900 - 1920
United Kingdom
Good original condition.
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