Vintage Golf Walking Stick/Sunday Stick

        In the 1800s and early 1900s, golf themed walking sticks were extremely popular. These walking sticks were also called Sunday sticks or Sabbath sticks, and were supposedly the golf enthusiasts' answer to the Church of Scotland discouraging golf on Sundays. So essentially, these Sabbath sticks were golf clubs were disguised as walking sticks: the club head comfortably fitting in the palm of the golfer's hand, until feeling unobserved, the stick was reversed and a few strokes were played.

        This is a beautifully crafted late 1800s or very early 1900s walking stick. It measures 33 1/2", and the clubhead has a lead backweight, horn or fiber, and crosshatch face scoring.