ATG letter: We really started something here
MADAM – The priest or Boatswain Starter, with string knotwork at each end, which is probably weighted with lead, and waxed (Letters, ATG Nos 2432 and 2433), is also called a Life Preserver, suggesting a defensive – as well as a proactive, attacking – weapon.
I was delighted to find some years ago a more exacting example, admittedly of only tangential rele…