Twelve Men's Morris Old Handmade Game Board with Folk Art Bird Peg! Taylor Japan knife I just love these old

I just love these old wooden spinning tops as objects

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aged and worn just right

it just would not let me walk away

along the seam

Twelve Men's Morris Old Handmade Game Board with Folk Art Bird Peg! Taylor Japan knife I just love these oldI am not sure if this is the ultimate "make do," creation, or whether the peg with bird on top was devised to give flourish to the winning player's triumphant final move, but In any case, a pretty terrific display object I think, and playable yet! The board, certainly pretty old, is for the ancient strategy game most commonly known as Twelve Men's Morris (a variation on Nine Men's Morris, and also known as mills and marl) played by two people. Players