Hand-Carved Wooden Man with Hidden Tools! autumn if not to be used

if not to be used for a shot of something warming

and makes for a pretty fun addition to the cocktail or holiday spread alongside a big bowl of walnuts

It bears its original sticker on the underside--made in Taiwan for Nanco Sales Company in Boston

Complete with depictions of appropriate accoutrements and a caution  that “The Drink You Mix May Be Your Own

Hand-Carved Wooden Man with Hidden Tools! autumn if not to be usedThis guy may just be my new very favorite thing! And I have not been able to find another like him out there anywhere. When I found him, I quickly realized his carved wooden head pulled out of his body to reveal a knife attached, which I thought might be used as a letter opener, but it was not until I began photographing him that I realized his legs, terminating in those fabulous boots, pulled out as well one to reveal a pencil and the other an ink