I have a good friend that walks with a cane. Its in his left hand and sticks out to the side. He as has taken out 7 hotdog bicyclists so far with it. Not sure what he will do when he finally goes to a wheel chair. He is a retired ranger and takes no prisoners.
I walked with a cane for a couple of years after a bad wreck in 72. I was crossing an intersection with my brother’s wife in Gainesville. A Cadillac was inching into the crosswalk.When the bumper touched the lady’s skirt my cane spun over in an arc across in front of her and came down on the Caddy’s hood hard. The driver hit his brakes with shorter reaction time than he had probably had in 50 years. There was a visible mark in his hood. He just glared at us as we continued across the street. The lady just said,”My, I didn’t expect that.”