A transverse flute or also a violin and of course defensive and offensive weapons such as swords and guns these gadgets were concealed in the handle or the shaft and there were no limit to the genius of the inventors one of my personal favorites is this one here’s a coat of arm you would see this and think uh it’s probably a compact but luckily you know uh to great surprise when i opened it i realized it’s a men’s shaving kit so we have the Dynamo Walking Cane we have the brush we have the shaving soap and we have the small razor i wouldn’t shave myself with this razor i’d probably catch tetanus but this is my favorite one of all of them during this time ladies began to wear extremely tight lacing sticks with vinaigrettes or smelling salts were often carried to revive them in case of fainting due to the lack of oxygen the sticks that were designed to carry these often had filigree sections to allow an infused sponge to be inserted they were also used to disperse perfumes into the often smelly public environment a lady might find herself walking through this walking stick superstitious individuals back.
Then belief that carrying a skull would fend off death but they also believed that there were certain components that when you smelt them they would also find off death and here is a vinaigrette where you would open it and this is the kind of sponge you would use in these and soak it in a concoction that your doctor would make and having that with you and smelling it would scare away evil and death this one, for instance, is a very unique perfume bottle what’s really interesting about this one, in particular, Walking Cane for Women is that it’s a roll-on so that in itself you just roll it on um to dispense the fragrance so you don’t have to open and close all the time and it’s pop-up mirror lipstick compartment and then to close it you simply put that in there and it’s that little button that secures it this one is an uh rouge still has the puff and in addition.
It has a second compartment where you find the perfume model enclosed in here this one has a beautiful inlay silver um and it’s multi-compartmental and here you have where you would put the refill this is more 1900s um than earlier men’s gadget sticks generally had a different purpose even though many men did have a penchant for their perfumes more commonly though men’s sticks concealed weapons drugs or alcohol with the infamous sword cane being one of the most notable examples the fashion in the 20th century then curved toward the umbrella as a popular carrying accessory walking sticks were then usually seen only with formal attire and many of these gadgets were implemented into the umbrella’s handle nothing more practical than realizing for those rainy days an umbrella might be more suitable than a walking stick with this one i found a compartment with a comb on one side on the other side i found the mirror compartment hence this being the mustache comb of a gentleman’s umbrella today collectors of keynes look for the old the new and the novel so no matter what kind of gadget cane walking stick or umbrella you come across they will definitely delight you with their hidden compartments.