1. People were always good at circumventing laws.

   In late medieval Germany it was prohibited for common folk to wear swords, they could only carry knives. So they made knives as long as swords. 😀

   Using sticks as weapons should be a skill every gentleman possesses.

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   1. The German Gross Messer or “big knife.”

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      1. To be more accurate it was the “Langes Messer” – long knife.
         The “Grosses Messer” was a two handed variant, not exactly medieval but more towards the Renaissance.

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2. “Sticks and stones may break my bones” isn’t just a children’s rhyme.

   ‘Cane-Fu’ is actually taught in several martial art disciplines. I use oak canes made by Brazos.

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   1. Miguel, looks like the filter still isn’t taking care of this criminal.

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4. Nice video. Youtube then referred me to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZGbp7yXmXo which shows how to add lead to the cane’s head.

   In Japanese martial arts there’s a stick, or staff, called “bo”, perhaps 6 feet long. It’s quite an effective weapon, often held in the middle, two-handed, which allows you to hit in a very fast alternating left/right strike pattern.

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   1. I wouldn’t load it. That would probably be interpreted as making it into a weapon as opposed to the plausible denial of it just being a cool traditional cane.

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   2. Yes, Quarter Staffs are excellent weapons.

      Problems though, pkonig, strategic and tactical

      1 A ‘loaded’ club in many states falls under the legal definitions – in and of itself – of a deadly weapon. That gets you into Use of Deadly Force laws.

      2 A staff is something you don’t usually see outside of hiking trails. That means a person can and will draw attention – very likely unwanted – to themselves, while there are actually people serving life w/o parole prison sentences for multiple murders who use canes.

      You can also walk right through any and all security portals with a cane, although I’ve had mine passed through the X-ray scanner once or twice.

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      1. The “combat cane” (a.k.a. “cane fu”) is becoming a more common and more recognized martial art/weapon. It’s a simple, crook-headed wooden cane — typical of what old folks used to use (some still do) before the adjustable aluminum ones with moulded handles became commonplace. One of the men refining the art suggests sharpening the end near the crook and filing grooves along the shaft, to use as pressure/compliance enhancers.

         Absent that sharpened point, it’s just wood and will pass any metal detector.

         Very cool stuff, if you’re interested.

   3. Japanese/Okinawan martial arts also have a short staff, or “jo”. Traditionally made of oak and about 1.25 or 1.5 inches thick, just like the bo, but usually only about 4-4.5 feet long instead of 6.

      (Ideal length for a person varies depending on the person; a bo is usually a hand-width longer than the user’s height, while a jo comes up somewhere around mid-chest. The “standard” 6′ [bo] and 4′ [jo] lengths just make mass-production easier.)

      Much less conspicuous than a full bo staff, it appears more like a standard walking stick. The shorter length allows the user to hold one end and wield it as a long cane, or change grip and effect bo-style left/right strikes using two hands in the middle.

      As with most personal defense weapons, there are advantages and disadvantages between the two. What you give up in reach and force (arcing momentum), you gain in speed (less mass to move) and versatility.

5. I just finished reading an interesting book called “Shooting Victoria.” about the seven men who made eight attempts on the life of Queen Victoria (one guy tried twice). All except one used firearms, and the only one who actually injured her, hit her in the forehead with a walking stick.
   It’s a fascinating book that goes into the evolution of the rules of the insanity defense, among other things, as well as just telling a good story.

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6. Meanwhile, in Scotland, above the town of Crawford:

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7. I have a black thorn walking stick that I bought in London two years ago today. I need it because of a bad back, but it really looks good, too.

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