Historical Artifacts

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Decorated constable truncheons, UK, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That one in the middle definitely inspired some adult toys.

[–] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That one in the middle definitely was inspired by ~~some~~ adult toys.

FTFY

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Oh, right. The truncheon. The truncheon for criminals, the truncheon chosen especially to beat criminals...

[–] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

The third one is flanged for safety and tapered for easy insertion.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Constable Odo's staff was minimalistic, compared to these adorned ones.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

All I see are punisher skulls

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2013/03/constable-staffs.html

[–] LenielJerron@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Some of these look like dildos.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I like the 3rd one from the top since it appears to be nicely weighted, and it can double as a dildo.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago

"I'll beat life itself out of you. But I'm going to do it with style."

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

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[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 points 6 months ago

The bottom one is more like a stamp, to decorate criminals and general rapscallions with a damn good thrashing I presume.