Waxed Dynamite Stick

WAXED DYNAMITE STICK. (See also, EXPLOSIVES) Modified with a wax coating on both fuse and casing, the so- called "Sigyn"Dynamite was a kind of unusually stable dynamite stick used near the end of the 19th century. Most known examples were recovered from the Sigyn, a trading vessel which was intercepted by the coast guard in 1895 off the coast of New York that lent the weapon its name in common usage. Thanks to its wax coating, a Sigyn dynamite stick can fulfill its function reliably even when it is submerged in water. Very little is known about the manufacturer, Brokker, beyond that it being the name that appears on the labels on the crates recovered from the ship.