{"product_id":"no-master","title":"No Master","description":"\u003cp\u003eSign here and you are done being told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat was the offer, and for about forty years it was real. Walk off a merchant ship where you were beaten for the pace of your work and paid whatever the owner decided, sign a paper, and take an equal share. Vote on where the ship sails. Vote on who captains it, and vote him out if he stops earning it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe articles were written down and every man signed. What you get if you lose a leg. What you get if you lose an eye. Nobody above you deciding it later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flag went up so the other ship could count and surrender, and most did. That was the arrangement — no quarter, announced up front, so the choice was theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the crew was ashore with a full purse and no master, and every man there had picked this over a wage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSkull over crossed bones, poured solid in a single piece. The eyes dark, the bones rough where they cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo master. Equal share. He signed for it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid .999 fine silver, hand poured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e35mm tall × 27mm wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-oxidized recesses, polished high points\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4mm black braided leather cord, 22\", gunmetal magnetic barrel clasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned Certificate of Authenticity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoured and finished in Northfield, Vermont\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFounders order.\u003c\/strong\u003e Your piece ships with a numbered anvil in solid .999 silver, poured for this collection only and never sold. The number is cut into the base and written on your certificate the day your pendant is poured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorn for a lifetime. Passed to the next.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vancroft \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280368939229,"sku":"VC-BF-NOMASTER-999","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0838\/3774\/7421\/files\/skull_cross_bone_product_photo.png?v=1785385829","url":"https:\/\/www.vancroftco.com\/products\/no-master","provider":"Vancroft\u0026Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}