[Jewelry making - Article 00431] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] Kolven

[Benjamin Mark]

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    Holland. A frozen lake. At one end ... a pole. At the other end ...
    another pole. A ball the size of a grapefruit. Weight: 2 pounds. A
    club. Purpose of the game ... hit the opponents pole ... hitting the
    ball with the club ... using the minimum number of strokes. The name
    of the club used: A Kolf. The players would presumably be called
    Kolfers. Yessiree ladies and gennulmen. This medieval Dutch pastime
    was the early forerunner of the game of golf. 

    Of course ... there are those who would say that the origin of golf
    was a Chinese game called Chiuwan dating back to roughly A.D. 943
    during the Sung Dynasty. Personally ... I like the Dutch version. 

    By the fourteenth century ... golf had migrated to Britain where it
    was first sorely disapproved of because it often interfered with
    archery practice needed for civil defense. However ... it wasn't
    long before it became Scotland's national sport. Which brings us to
    the military before it brings us to the jeweler. 

    Year: Unknown. The troops are at the firing lines. The commander of
    the troops yells: 'Ware Before! What this means is that the first
    line troops might find it prudent to kneel in order to avoid having
    their heads blown off by the second line troops. Eventually ... in
    the interest of economy ... 'Ware Before was shortened to just plain
    "Fore" which then ... by some mysterious route known only by the
    world's intelligencia ... segued to the world of golf. Fore! ...
    which means duck lest the fool behind you slices the ball and knocks
    your block off.  

    Then there's the folklore which also comes before the jeweler. Never
    clean your ball once the game is in play. Never change clubs once
    you've removed the one you've chosen from the bag ... for if you do
    you will muff your shot. And then there's the folklorish statement
    supposedly uttered by Ulysses S. Grant who said ... and I
    paraphrase: That looks like good exercise ... but what's the little
    ball for. A man after me own heart ... as I tend to be more of a
    Tenniser than a Golfer.  

    And so now that you've all learned all you ever wanted to know about
    golf and maybe even more than you ever wanted to know ... I bring
    you to our diamond pavé golf brooch. It's a golfer in full swing ...
    pavé with diamonds and set with calibré rubies. Value is around
    $1200.00. Go take a look. He almost looks alive.  

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Golfer
    ... where you'll see an image of aforementioned brooch.  

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark

                     -- http://www.tyler-adam.com --



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