Golf club Walking Stick
Golf club Walking Stick
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Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick.
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 a curved soled with pegged horn insert, face insert with aluminium pegs and a lead weight to the rear. It is with hickory shaft with red and white hosel bands. The cane end has a new 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
persimmon & hickory
United Kingdom
Good original condition, but with new brass end ferrule.
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