Using a Scatali Staff to Unlock a Coat

The spartan, the spartans made use of a special staff called a scatali. It's s c y t a l e. Then what you would do is you would write your sage horizontally down the staff. Once that message is in place, you unwind the strap, which now is just going to benon s if you try to read it. But cipher is based in the circumference of the staff in your hand, exactly tied up with thi the physical key to unlock the coat.