SOLD Gorgeous Large Primitive Mallet with Five Fat Iron Nails and Name on Handle porcelain doll "A Guide to the Manly

"A Guide to the Manly Art of Self-Defense

Definitely it was done many years ago--in magic marker I believe--as the paper is pretty brittle

so would think that was the year

which I have to think was cut down from a longer sign

SOLD Gorgeous Large Primitive Mallet with Five Fat Iron Nails and Name on Handle porcelain doll "A Guide to the ManlyAnother old handmade tool that feels like pure sculpture to me, just gorgeous, and with these five old forged iron nails making it look like a giant handmade wood die (as in dice), and a bit like a face, too. Traces of old red paint on one side and white on the other, making for beautiful surfaces, and with, it looks to me, a name pressed in to the handle on one side. Solid and heavy, this could knock the heck out of anything, but also feel to me like