Deltaboy1984
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Nice Doc I carry a Solid black Derby cane most Sundays.
First time with a cane
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Owen Sparks
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That is a really good looking stick. What is the ball made of?
bikerdoc
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Owen. Thank you.
The ball is made of Popler. I used to get them from a local hardware store. Now I have to order them from nothern hardwood.
The ball is made of Popler. I used to get them from a local hardware store. Now I have to order them from nothern hardwood.
EnglishmanInArizona
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Picture of my cane
Hi all,
Rather later than planned, here is a picture of the cane I am now carrying. It is a good solid piece of hickory. The antler was very generously given to me by a member of this forum.
The antler tine is not for resting my hand on, but rather for hooking over my arm when I need both hands for whatever reason. With that it is very convenient to carry with me everywhere I go.
I have had very few questions from people about it, most people don't so much as glance. I've actually had more women flirting with me since beginning to carry the stick than I had before! I doubt the two things are related, but no doubt Sigmund Freud would disagree
Hi all,
Rather later than planned, here is a picture of the cane I am now carrying. It is a good solid piece of hickory. The antler was very generously given to me by a member of this forum.
The antler tine is not for resting my hand on, but rather for hooking over my arm when I need both hands for whatever reason. With that it is very convenient to carry with me everywhere I go.
I have had very few questions from people about it, most people don't so much as glance. I've actually had more women flirting with me since beginning to carry the stick than I had before! I doubt the two things are related, but no doubt Sigmund Freud would disagree
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That is a dapper and deadly looking hunk of hickory.
That is a dapper and deadly looking hunk of hickory.
Deltaboy1984
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My thinking also bikerdoc and that is way I carry an antler tip on my key chain. It is from the LBJ Ranch and my LEO friends loved my so much they are ordering them for themselves. Mine is about 3 inchs long.
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Owen Sparks
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That looks classy and would probably be fine around town but I tend to avoid anything that draws attention to my cane as a potential weapon. I think I would carry something more conventional if I had to fly or go through security at the courthouse or wherever. Still, it looks really unique. How did you attatch the antler?
Deltaboy1984
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Good looking Cane Englishman in AZ!
EnglishmanInArizona
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It's interesting to me how people on this board are picking up on the antler as a potentially dangerous element - it is actually lighter than the hickory and is not the main striking end. I certainly would not have included the tine/hook if it was - too much chance to get caught up on someone and would sway retention issues against me.
I am very rarely in the courthouse, so I haven't concerned myself with metal detector issues. The antler and the hickory are joined with a 3/8" threaded rod that is epoxied deep in the antler and then screwed into the hickory. It makes it simple to unscrew the antler from the hickory by hand if I ever needed to prove that there is nothing suspicious about the metal components.
My only regret about the construction method so far is that I should have epoxied a long nut into the antler so that when unscrewed the rod remained fixed into the hickory. By chance, it is the correct size to screw into my digital camera to make a monopod.
I am very rarely in the courthouse, so I haven't concerned myself with metal detector issues. The antler and the hickory are joined with a 3/8" threaded rod that is epoxied deep in the antler and then screwed into the hickory. It makes it simple to unscrew the antler from the hickory by hand if I ever needed to prove that there is nothing suspicious about the metal components.
My only regret about the construction method so far is that I should have epoxied a long nut into the antler so that when unscrewed the rod remained fixed into the hickory. By chance, it is the correct size to screw into my digital camera to make a monopod.
kBob
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It suddenly occurs to me why one of the mothers at my daughter's school held the door for me friday. I walked in with the cane as the knee was giving me fits last week.
I know the PT guys say use the cane on the opposite side, but I just like using it on the bad side better.
-kBob
I know the PT guys say use the cane on the opposite side, but I just like using it on the bad side better.
-kBob
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Dr pepper on the key board.
That is just downright funny
No such foolishness here. The closest we get is weight for canes and some disagreement about materials and fragility of them.
Cosmoline
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After my L knee was out a few years ago, I did indeed use the stick in the right hand. So it was a second leg taking weight off when the left foot was down. Having in the left hand in tandem with the left leg would not have worked nearly as well for the knee issue.
Now HIPS are another matter. That's far more serious and takes the whole leg out of action potentially, so same-side cane might make sense there. Hope I never have to find out! The one time I had a hip injury from a bike fall it was scary how limited my movements were. Knees and the occasional plantar fascia issues are minor in comparison. Actually the very worst was lower back pain, which I had only once from a bad mattress. Slept on the floor for years after that and haven't had a problem since. But the pain during that incident was so intense I could scarcely move. Made me have a lot more sympathy for folks who go through that.
Anyway, long winded way of saying that there's a lot of different kinds of old man pain out there, and lots of ways to cope.
That's why the PTs and Orthopods tell you to put the cane opposite the injured side. You shift your weight just a bit and you're always stable. Being married to a PT/FNP has some advantages, but having the 3 knee surgeries to become an expert cane user isn't recommended.
Deltaboy1984
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Thanks for sharing that information HSO I have not had surgery yet but will have to some time in the future. With my deginerated right ankle using the cane on either side works but since I am a south paw and pocket carry I use my right hand for the cane most times.
kBob
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Caliber and material?
Well most guys on here would either laugh at my cane or be disgusted by it. It is infact a POC. I was in the bag it yourself grocery near by which I never normally visit because the kid's teacher wanted me to pick up something to bring back to school quick. There was something like an umbrellastand near an end cap and it had really cheap useless canes in it. I was going to pass them by whe I noticed one was a bit longer than the rest. Finding a cane longer than 36 inches has been a problem so I grabbed it. Some sort of made somewhere else who knows what wood not likely to last a month. Ugly and too light for fighting. likely to splinter in use and I did meantion uggly right? Still n o idea what it is made of. Started to sort of delaminate where the grain was cut short of the end and it got duct (duck) taped. Most of the duct tape has worn off. It is abotu three years old now and still going. Occassionally bashing haybales and being used for fast swipes to develop accuracy by clipping leaves of low handging tree branches and bushes and grass seed pods.
Still want a decent octagonal hickory stock cane if I could just find one some munchkin has not shortened.
I am a big proponent of the idea that the first rule of cane defense is have a cane. Oddly I feel the most important thing about knife defense is have a knife and gun defense is have a gun. Caliber and weight and material all take back seat to having something and knowing something about usinging it for other than walking.
-kBob
Well most guys on here would either laugh at my cane or be disgusted by it. It is infact a POC. I was in the bag it yourself grocery near by which I never normally visit because the kid's teacher wanted me to pick up something to bring back to school quick. There was something like an umbrellastand near an end cap and it had really cheap useless canes in it. I was going to pass them by whe I noticed one was a bit longer than the rest. Finding a cane longer than 36 inches has been a problem so I grabbed it. Some sort of made somewhere else who knows what wood not likely to last a month. Ugly and too light for fighting. likely to splinter in use and I did meantion uggly right? Still n o idea what it is made of. Started to sort of delaminate where the grain was cut short of the end and it got duct (duck) taped. Most of the duct tape has worn off. It is abotu three years old now and still going. Occassionally bashing haybales and being used for fast swipes to develop accuracy by clipping leaves of low handging tree branches and bushes and grass seed pods.
Still want a decent octagonal hickory stock cane if I could just find one some munchkin has not shortened.
I am a big proponent of the idea that the first rule of cane defense is have a cane. Oddly I feel the most important thing about knife defense is have a knife and gun defense is have a gun. Caliber and weight and material all take back seat to having something and knowing something about usinging it for other than walking.
-kBob
kBob,
Sounds like rattan that wasn't properly seasoned.
You can order the longer hickory stock canes if you don't have a local livestock supply. Try the long stockman's walking cane from House Handle Company or Amazon for a 60" one or Lehman's to cut or this guy for a hickory cane in longer length or a shepherd's crook. http://newtlivesayknives.com/WEAPONS_CANES-FIGHTING.htm
Sounds like rattan that wasn't properly seasoned.
You can order the longer hickory stock canes if you don't have a local livestock supply. Try the long stockman's walking cane from House Handle Company or Amazon for a 60" one or Lehman's to cut or this guy for a hickory cane in longer length or a shepherd's crook. http://newtlivesayknives.com/WEAPONS_CANES-FIGHTING.htm
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Deltaboy1984
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Tractor Supply Company cares them up to 6 foot Shepherd staffs.
Not every Tractor Supply may have it in stock so you may have to request it or order.
Deltaboy1984
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That is correct HSO, but everyone I have been in from TX to FLA have had them.
Sadly, our's don't in ET.
Deltaboy1984
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Talk to the manager they will order them and you can get them in about a week.
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