Tether Speed Boats curated_xmas23_sportsman has an interesting background and

has an interesting background and apparently became quite famous having safely survived a serious incident early on in its history

The leather has built up a beautiful patina

round wooden rod

Mid tan English leather case made and retailed by John Pound & Co

Amazing giant size version of a pocket knife with sprung folding steel blade and wooden sides

Tether Speed Boats curated_xmas23_sportsman has an interesting background andA pair of carved wooden speed boats powered by miniature glow plug internal combustion engines. On newly made metal display stands. In the early days of powered models, boats were either straight running or tethered. Competition between tether boats took place where, each boat in turn, was fixed by a steel cable to a central point in the middle of a pond or lake and completed circuits against the clock, typically at high speed, until the fuel was