Defense canes

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[dfwgator]

Is this a discussion of the Miami Hurricane defense?

They were no match for Clemson's offense.

[Marechal]

Second Cold Steel’s polypropolene blackthorn products. I have the shillelagh, the walking stick, and the staff, and like them all immensely. Virtually indestructible, all three.

The Cold Steel stuff doesn’t have the gadgets the multi-cane does, but then knives, a leatherman tool, a compass, and a ferro rod don’t weigh all that much, either. Further, lacking items inside the cane, there’s not much to break when administering a well-deserved shellacking to the crowns of smart-mouthed ANTIFA types, Karens, special snowflakes, ballot-hiding postmen, or sarcastic vicars.

[No.6]

Cute (but again, all those added things say “I was looking for a fight” to a hostile DA).

The two easiest defensive case strikes are:

1. Using the crook or handle as a pivot (like PR-24 or tonfa), whip the ground end around (fore or backwards); and

2. Raise the ground end up into the other hand, and use the top as the striking surface (followed by using the crook to hook the head or arm, depending on what you decided to hit)

The reasons for these are that, if you actually do need the cane, a bash using the hand already holding the cane means putting more weight on the leg that needed support. (also these are fast and unexpected).

If that’s a rubbery handle, the pivot might be a bit challenging; and if the extra (!) weight is on the bottom end, the second method kinda loses the point of the weighting.

Still, your approach has merit esp. if it’s the back and not one leg or the other that’s trouble. Thanks for the note!

[razzle9251]

go to Tractor Supply or any farm store. Get a stock cane (used to control livestock), Made of heavy hardwood and shaped like a cane. Go to any pharmacy and buy the appropriate size cane or crutch tip. Cut stock cane to correct length. You now have a heavy-duty mobility aid that is acceptable and legal in all the places other hardware is not. The beauty is it is a simple innocent looking wooden cane with a surprising heft to it. And you are protected by the ADA as far as carrying a mobility aid.

[marktwain]

I have often considered making a rig like that with the Bushman knife sold by Cold Steel.

It has a hole in the handle which could be used with a detent to lock the knife onto a shaft.

I have not actually made such an item.

Here is a video review and demo of the Bushman.

[Rebelbase]

That looks like a feasible way to make a detachable spear.

My idea is to weld the male end of a quick connect fitting to the butt end tang and have the female mounted on the end of the shaft with some sort of cover over it to keep out dirt.

[marktwain]

I like the quick connect idea.

Nice and sturdy. Not easy to have come undone by accident.

[marktwain]

I like the quick connect idea.

Nice and sturdy. Not easy to have come undone by accident.