Crock Stock and Barra Back Scratcher: Road test

What is that thing? The stuffed foot of a saltwater crocodile, mounted on a stick.

TWAM 12 Sep 2015

Left a bit. Down, down. There. Oooooo, heaven. What is that thing?

The stuffed foot of a saltwater crocodile, mounted on a stick.

GET IT OFF ME! I can sense you’re becoming tense again. Relax. Ignore the fact that I’m scraping your back with the gnarled claws of a dead reptile; imagine it’s an ivory comb inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Feels good, right?

It does feel good. And your conscience is clear, too, because no croc died for the making of this thing. (It died for a Hermès bag. Darwin firm Croc Stock & Barra collects offcuts from local farms and makes interesting things out of them.)

Does it have any other uses? Scratching heads. Scratching feet. Terrorising your children into eating their greens.

$45, crocstockandbarra.com