Vintage Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick
Vintage Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick
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Golf Club Walking Stick, Antique Sunday Club.
A desirable walking cane with the handle in the shape of a golf club head. The gentleman's walking stick has a persimmon socket head handle with brass collar, a pegged horn insert and a lead weight to the rear. It is with hickory shaft and the cane end has a brass ferrule.
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 clean original condition.
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