Antique Leather Black Jack Weapon | Display Only

Here we have an antique Black Jack or Sap weapon that has lived a full life, and ready for your display. When holding this in your hand, you're reminded how tough the old days really were. Nasty stuff. Definitely represents America's underground in all it's seedy glory. The slice through the leather is menacing enough. The early Black Jack comes out an old Twin Cities estate. The sap was likely produced in the early 1900s.  Here is the history of the Black Jack or Sap, courtesy of Wikipedia: The terms blackjack, cosh, and sap refer to any of several short, easily concealed club weapons consisting of a dense (often lead) weight attached to the end of a short shaft, used as a bludgeon. These weapons work by transferring kinetic energy to the dense core, via the handle, during the swing. When directed at the head, it works by concussing often also cutting the scalp in their classic design (solid lead striking head). This is meant to stun or knock out the subject, although head strikes ha