For your consideration this lot includes a Vintage Scrolled Wood Police Billy Club and an American-made law enforcement Yawara Stick. Billy clubs were the first less-lethal weapon used by police officers to subdue criminals and maintain public order. Known by many names, the police officer’s club, mace, truncheon, nightstick, or baton is as old as the profession itself. Though the names and techniques have changed, the tool itself has not, and is now a symbol of police officers worldwide. This Billy Club is 14"L for close-quarters use. The Yawara Stick was popularized for police officers in the 1940s by Frank A. Matsuyama, who made his own version in 1937 or earlier. "Professor" Matsuyama taught the Berkeley, California police department how to use the yawara in the 1930s. Matsuyama later wrote the book How to Use the Yawara Stick for Police, which details the use of an upgraded yawara that he created in 1937 or earlier for police officers. The upgraded yawara was made of Bakelite plastic and had golf shoe spikes on both ends. The spikes, which were made of metal, were to dishearten someone from taking the yawara from the police officer or to cause pain in order to stop a criminal. A variation of the yawara is a kubotan, a genericized trademark for a self-defense keychain weapon developed by Japanese American master of karate Takayuki Kubota in the late 1960s, a self-defense instructor for police departments in Japan and the LAPD in California. This Yawara Stick is 7"L approximately, date of 1963 is inscribed along with the manufacturer, Geo. F. Cake Co., Berkeley, CALIF.