Pirate Peg Legs

The Iron Hook has a collection of undeniably cool peg legs. They are handcrafted of various woods and leathers, and if you want, you can even get Polynesian-style hand carved pegs. From what I can tell, there are three varieties of pegs available: tapered-peg, Captain Ahab, and the willow twist crutch. They even sell fasteners to go with it. What a nice touch!

So if you are a collector fine pirate memorabilia, you'll find a gold mine here. Nothing is as beautiful as hand-carved wood afterall.

Of course, there's more to this then the simple neat factor. It seems half the page about peg legs is encompassed by warnings to customers that they accept no responsibility for any personal injury. Take a look at this snippet.

DESIGNED TO BE WORN AS A COSTUME ACCESSORY ONLY. ATTACHES TO THIGH AND CALF. THESE ARE NOT MEDICAL PROSTHETICS, NOR WILL THEY REPLACE THEM.
Some people prefer to strap their leg back as far as each individuals tolerance will allow. This is your choice, for a more comfortable fit, we recommend only a natural bend. A word of advice, use a crutch (we make them as well if you can't find one to suit you) as seen in many Pirate films, this will lessen the chances of you injuring yourself, but that's your choice.

Pirate Peg Leg

I suspect there is a story behind these repeated warnings to customers. I have a feeling — call it a sneaking suspicion — that someone injured themselves and sought to sue The Iron Hook. Perhaps it was someone who sawed off their leg. Perhaps someone actually sought to use this as a medical prosthetic thinking that it was "cool". Regardless, you can't blitz a webpage with four warnings and in all caps if there was not some intrigue behind it.

My response, of course, it that stupidity has its own sense of imagination. If you can think of a way to dismember yourself, no matter how absurd, someone will do it. Stupidity has its own genius, in a sense.

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