{"product_id":"no-quarter","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\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-quarter","provider":"Vancroft\u0026Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}