[Cosmoline]

Well I was on a quest for a nice salmon killing stick, and all I could find were overpriced, heavy little pine cudgles with cracks in them. So I opted to do it myself, and picked out a very nice hickory axe handle for a small hatchett. After some trimming, I found myself with one of the most fearsome weapons I've every held. It's narrow and thin on one end, and the other end has a thick bulb. The shape is perfect for maximizing impact with either end. It's FAST--VERY fast. Even in my slow hands it springs out and thwacks in the blink of an eye. And it's both strong and light weight.

Suffice it to say, it's not just for salmon now. For non-lethal hits, you can use the flat sides and hold the knob. For lethal hits, either spin the flat sides on edge or flip it around and use the knob. One or two hits and the game is over--this is no ordinary stick!

At $10, you can't go wrong.

[mete]

We don't have salmon here, but salmon that attack you ? WOW !! They sell pine sticks for that ? crazy. Hickory will do fine.

[Hkmp5sd]

IIRC, Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider agreed with your assessment of hickory.:)

[Betty]

As a kid I kept a hickory axe handle by the bed (you never know when those monsters are going to come out of the closet). Fiberglass axe handles are good, too.

[hso]

Hickory has great properties - springy, strong, straight grain yet resistant to splitting. Gee, no wonder that it's used for axe handles and canes.

[C.R.Sam]

But officer, that is a spare handle for my framing hammer.
And they work well.

Sam

[El Tejon]

Get a twin and I'll teach you the "two short rod" form from White Crane.:D

The baton is an excellent weapon and overlooked (in good and bad ways).:cool:

[hso]

Crook top cane's rapidly becoming my favorite antisocial tool.

[C.R.Sam]

I am almost never without my cane.
Shootin your own cane doin drills is good entertainment.
For others.

Drop cane while drawing,
Fire while dropping to ground.
Sometimes the cane doesn't fall right.

Sam

[brownie0486]

My canemasters instructors cane of hickory heart is a companion at times.
I just mineral oiled it again, soaking it over night, then a wipe down.

Winters coming so needed to get it ready for the salt and snow.

I have a vigney walking stick on order arriving this week hopefully. Not sure if I will like it but it wasn;t a lot of money.

Brownie

[hso]

brownie,

You can get micarta rod stock with marvelous cross sectional density in almost any diameter for a few dollars a foot. It's almost impossible to break :D

[El Tejon]

hso, cool. Where?

[Dave P]

I know that Boyd Boys sells laminated walking sticks ...

sticks (http://www.boydboys.com/stick.asp)


but I too would like to hear about the rod stock.

[El Tejon]

Dave P, can you get the stick customized? I'm thinking a black and green natural-length staff.

Coolness.:D

[brownie0486]

hso:

Never heard of the micarta rod stock. Interesting, anywhere to look for this stuff locally? On the net?

Thanks for the heads up.

Brownie

[hso]

Check your local yellow pages for plastics dealers and ask them if they have micarta phenolic/fabric rod stock available and that you're interested in a suitable length. I'd go to the hardware store and get a dowel the size you want and get the feel for it before I ask. A 3 ft. piece may run $21 for a 1 in. diameter piece of canvas micarta. I've got a couple of suppliers who've emailed prices to me so I'll send those along for good measure when I get in to the office.

1 in. micarta is heavy and doesn't transmit shock to the hand the way other materials do.

[hso]

From Aciplastics

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Conway [mailto:mikeconway@aciplastics.net]
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:41 PM
To: Crenshaw, Mike
Cc: jamiew@aciplastics.net
Subject: Re: Micarta rod


Mike,

The Micarta comes in 3 basic compositions with a minimum rod length of 4ft. The price per foot is as follows:

Paper $5.20
Canvas 5.96
Linen 7.96

The minimum order is $100. If you need cut to size let me know.

[Dave P]

Kirk wants his rod customized?!? Sounds kind of kinky. But I'll tell you what, send it to me and I'll carve in your initials, or maybe "ET - Phone Home!" :D

[El Tejon]

Alright, alright, this is the "High Road", remember.:D

Dave, a black and green natural length for mantis would be REALLY cool. (I know, can't help myself).:cool: