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Dmitry · 7th May 2012, 06:07 PM

The tradition was picked up by the late 18th - mid-19th c. sailors, who made many-many scrimshaw handles for walking sticks and umbrellas, pipe tampers, bodkins, etc., in the shape of a clenched fist. Why...I have no idea.

7th May 2012, 06:07 PM	#7
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	The tradition was picked up by the late 18th - mid-19th c. sailors, who made many-many scrimshaw handles for walking sticks and umbrellas, pipe tampers, bodkins, etc., in the shape of a clenched fist. Why...I have no idea.