Fist and Ball Knobkerrie Cane

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By Kimball Sterling

May 24, 2025

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• Lot Description
  Ca 1880 Yellow metal knob well modeled, heavy cast and chased to show a left hand coming from a frilled collar and gripping a grey agate ball. It features beautiful stretched fingers, an index with a ring, and comes on a real, full bark malacca shaft and a white metal ferrule. This cane has a unique blend of visual appeal and functional design, with an attractive motif and a comfortable shape, the knob retaining traces of its original plating, and the shaft displaying a wonderful glazed age patina. These elements enhance the cherished, frequently requested, and rarely encountered distinguished vintage charm, with subtle variations that combine to produce a noticeable transformation. So far, so good. However, what makes it more special is that its heavy weight and pointed finger ends make it a dangerous disguised weapon cane, a Knobkerrie, also called a Life Preserver or Bludgeon. Rightfully swung in trained hands, the handle's weight and its pointed tips can have devastating effects. For Bludgeon Canes, see C. Dike, Cane Curiosa, chapter 28 Bludgeons, page 279, 28/1, and chapter 29, Sword Canes, pages 297, and Francis Monek’s book, Canes Through The Ages, pages 217 & 226. H. 2 ½” x 1 ½”, O.L. 34 ¼” $300-$400
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