Hmmmm. I may have to be on the lookout for such an artifact. Might not be a bad thing to keep in the umbrella stand. In fact, we're going to a high-end artists' guild show on Sunday, where there will be some woodworkers who might have something like that on hand, or a least have materials for and be able to make, a nice one.
The thing sat gathering dust in my closet for years until I was injured. I hated the look of those modern canes, so I took up using this old stick.
I like it because it has a bit more style than one of those sterile looking metal canes. With a bit of practice one can deliver quite a number of very effective blows very rapidly.
That and it just looks kind of cool propped up next to the front door...
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