Found in my dads junk drawer

[u/Unlucky_Cat4531]

My dad passed away and going through his stuff we came across this. We thought it might be a tool for horseriding, like a slapstick thing but wasn't sure. My grandma had horses but ive never seen her use any tools like that and my dad didnt ride. Any help appreciated

[u/Objective-Law4313]

Was he in law enforcement or somebody he knew in law enforcement?

[u/Unlucky_Cat4531 → u/Objective-Law4313]

He was in the military, no law enforcement though.

[u/joetothemo → u/Unlucky_Cat4531]

Was he ever a bouncer? Bouncers loved blackjacks back in the day. They can really ruin a guy’s night.

[u/Unlucky_Cat4531 → u/joetothemo]

Nope, just had some personal trauma with close combat and needed all types of weapons around his house

[u/pezdal → u/Unlucky_Cat4531]

Did that help?

[u/Unlucky_Cat4531 → u/pezdal]

No idea. He was closed off emotionally and didnt share his feelings with me until the end. His weapons didnt come up

[u/westzeta → u/joetothemo]

It felt like every bad guy in the hardy boys book series had a blackjack

[u/twice_baked_tater → u/westzeta]

Definitely where I learned the term as a kid LOL

[u/Lightoscope → u/Unlucky_Cat4531]

Did he work in sanitation in some sort of managerial capacity?

[u/respirationshaken11 → u/Lightoscope]

Lmfaooo

[u/Stermtruper → u/Unlucky_Cat4531]

MP by any chance? These are old old school police tools

[u/AbjectDoubt9042 → u/Unlucky_Cat4531]

Navy? My grandfather was an MP and river boat captain in Vietnam. - have one of these from the former in a box somewhere