[MineralMan]

"I merely leaned my quarterstaff on one dude's foot, supporting my 150-pound weight, and told them they'd best back off before I divested them of their remaining teeth.
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Hah! I can think of one other place you could have put your quarterstaff....very effective against drunken idiots, too.

BTW, I love the quarterstaff. Back, years ago, when I had to walk daily through a very dangerous part of Los Angeles, I got myself a nice quarterstaff to use as a walking stick. nobody ever bothered me, which is a good thing, since I also took a course in combat with it. Nasty weapon in good hands.

[Xenalyte]

It's a sweet piece of work - it's dymondwood, and I've wailed away at a tree with it for quite some time and never made a mark on it. The festival director, who used it before me, managed to break his combat partner's toe with it once. Ouch.

I miss it . . . but I think I'll enjoy my hand-to-hand this season. I'm taking on two of my Conquistadors at once.