Thread: Sun October 31th - Sat November 06th

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Hmmm...scuba diving trip, serrated object? The serration is in both directions...maybe for penetration and for good hook/anchor (like an arrow)...Is it a fish gutting knife of sorts? Thailand perhaps? Vietnam? I give up...it's just wild guesses on my part.

Originally Posted by sharp

Is it an aboriginal spear from Australia?

Originally Posted by Hopper

For chatting with your future soul mate thru the wall of the hut?

Good guesses Robert & Glenn, but the bonus points go to Hopper. Well done sir!

A former employee of mine went scuba diving in Micronesia - Palau, and Truk and brought the "Love Stick" back to me as a gift.

I'm just glad we don't have the same tradition here in the USA - I'd never have found a woman as I'm a crummy artist

Here's the scoop from micronesiamarketplace.com | Love Sticks | Love, Stick, Would, Chuukese

"The Chuukese love stick is part of the legendary practice of courtship unique to these groups of islands. Traditionally, young Chuukese men would own personalized wooden love-sticks on which they would carve two of the same design. A short one would be carved to be utilized for his hair. The long one would be for the Chuukese woman. When a man likes a Chuukese woman, he uses the long love-stick to poke into her hut, into her hair, thus waking up the woman. When she wakes up, the love-stick is felt. If the love-stick’s design is that of the man she likes, she will pull the love-stick signaling for him to come in. If the woman pushes the love-stick out, it means she is not interested in the man."