Knights of Pythias 1912 + 1924 Secret Codes Handbooks! Baskets & Boxes and super handy for games

and super handy for games on the go

side by side

The stain is definitely original to the piece and has aged to yield a really wonderful surface with mustard yellow undertones

which I think makes it feel extra special

Knights of Pythias 1912 + 1924 Secret Codes Handbooks! Baskets & Boxes and super handy for gamesI'm not quite sure what use one would have for the secret codes of the Knights of Pythias from a hundred years ago or so, but between their intriguing covers to the instructions for the secret passwords to be whispered for admission to the lodge rooms, I couldn't pass them by The codes and rituals detailed are pretty elaborate and honestly rather challenging for the un initiated (me!) to make sense of, but they definitely spark the imagination, and