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6th August 2011, 03:09 PM
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Club or.......?
Hi all,
Took a bit of a chance on this. Never seen anything quite like it. Is it a club or some farming impliment? |
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6th August 2011, 03:31 PM
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 Is it a very early Gray-Nicolls or a Bradbury but you knew that was coming 
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6th August 2011, 03:32 PM
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LOL, for that Hobbit-Cricket that never quite caught on? 
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6th August 2011, 04:28 PM
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For Brit Rover/Wizard readers of a certain age only!!!!!!!!
Hi Gene, I see you've managed to unearth the 'clicky ba' of Lt Bill Samson's trusty sidekick Chung. |
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6th August 2011, 04:34 PM
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nice flax/hemp beater (scutching sword or swingle)
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6th August 2011, 04:49 PM
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...or maybe a Frat house paddle...
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6th August 2011, 05:17 PM
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You guys ..
Gene, depending on the source of the wood used .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trobriand_Cricket although it could be a little small ....is the wood mahogany ? Best David . |
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6th August 2011, 06:01 PM
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LOL, cheers buddy, In fairness I think it's me that's going to be taking a spanking from this one 
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6th August 2011, 06:02 PM
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'From a ledge high in the Kyber pass.....'
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6th August 2011, 06:05 PM
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6th August 2011, 06:08 PM
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Might be Mahogany... Do you notice that on the 'face' of the cricket bat shape, it has two faces and a central ridge that runs right up to the top of the handle? That was what decided me that it wasn't a kids cricket bat. 
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7th August 2011, 08:18 AM
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here's a shortish video on trobriand cricket, shows the bats used very well. - they don't look like the subject bat.
Last Man Standing - Trobriand Cricket interesting that they're turning clubs into cricket bats... |
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7th August 2011, 12:49 PM
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It definitely has a far far greater resemblance to a cricket bat than to anything else I've seen. The ridge on the handle is reminiscent of a feature of Japanese cutlery handles (not that this is Japanese; Japanese culture has a close relation to other Pacific cultures and this relation is shown in the material culture on both sides of the relationship).
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9th August 2011, 11:24 AM
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Thanks for continuing to analyse this mystery object gentlemen.
I must admit it's got me 'stumped'
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11th August 2011, 03:30 PM
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A similar handle ridge is found on some Pacific canoe paddles.
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12th August 2011, 07:23 PM
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Thanks Tom.
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17th August 2011, 10:52 AM
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Any further thoughs chaps?
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17th August 2011, 12:13 PM
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it's a washing bat especially for beating your clothes on the rocks to get out asparagus stains...
 
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17th August 2011, 12:46 PM
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Oh well at least its for beating something I bet many a man has felt their club-like properties, perhaps I should add it to the women with weapons thread? I think that settles it's origin, doesn't seem to be much doubt. Best Gene |
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19th August 2011, 04:16 AM
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These seem to be European. The device in question seems to be of Pacific wood?? Cricket, though also European, is widely distributed in the Pacific; is the use of such laundry paddles? Note
again the ridge to both handle and "blade", which these seem to lack. Still looks like some kind of cricket bat to me. |
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31st August 2011, 06:40 PM
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Hi Tom, The thing that IMHO kills the Cricket Bat theory is the central ridge on the face. A cricket bat has a flat face so you can direct your shot. That would be nigh on impossible with a bat with 'two' angled faces. Best Gene |
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31st August 2011, 07:03 PM
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the original posted photos seem to show the central ridge only on one side, the other being flat with rounded edges. raised ridge flat side i still do not think it's a cricket bat tho.
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