AStone
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Brick hammer.
Yeah, I think with a bit of grinding and welding, one could create a usable cane handle with that... It's got just about the right size for a cane handle... Maybe shorten the flat portion a bit and round it some... Functional, but still practical as an actual cane...Brick hammer.
Post a photo of what you end up with in this thread once you finish...It is a great idea I will be getting a Brick hammer and making a cane.
I will do that.Post a photo of what you end up with in this thread once you finish...
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That makes me wonder if walking with a cane doesn't actually make you a tastier target for some thugs. Thugs tend to prey on what they think are easy targets.I occasionally get questions but they are mostly of the " Do you need any help" variety.
This is why I walk quickly, like an athlete, with authority and focus, paying attention to what's around me, mostly carrying my walking stick (not a cane) horizontally in my hand (which the local police have seen me do repeatedly), only putting tip to ground occasionally, when I need it to cross a patch of ice or snow. (We've got 3' of snow on the ground here; have had at least that for months. Ice? It's going to -15F tonight.)That makes me wonder if walking with a cane doesn't actually make you a tastier target for some thugs.
Thugs tend to prey on what they think are easy targets.
I'm studying Glen Doyle's videos, with an intention to actually go study with him.If you learn how to use your cane they won't make the mistake twice!
hahaha.. that's right. Especially when you need to hit someone for teasing you about carrying it.
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Add two 1 inch threaded nipples into that T fitting and cap them and you will have a hammer head cane!
One could argue that it's a pretty good hammer head cane even without the nipples and caps... I was thinking of either than or some of the cast plugs that screw into the 1/2" NPT portion of the T-fitting on the top. They are the type that have a small square protrusion that allows you to turn it with a normal wrench. They would not stick out as much as nipples and end cap fittings.Add two 1 inch threaded nipples into that T fitting and cap them and you will have a hammer head cane!
That would work great too!One could argue that it's a pretty good hammer head cane even without the nipples and caps... I was thinking of either than or some of the cast plugs that screw into the 1/2" NPT portion of the T-fitting on the top. They are the type that have a small square protrusion that allows you to turn it with a normal wrench. They would not stick out as much as nipples and end cap fittings.
Well, since you're also in Texas, you'll understand that canes are just like BBQ... You've got 3 choices of wood if you want to do it right -- oak, hickory, and mesquite...A standard Oak Stock cane is my daily carry cane!
One of the things that I noticed while working in New Orleans on a Navy project back before Katrina was that all the female store clerks call you "honey", "sugar", and such... In fact, I got called "honey" more in one week than I have ever been called it by my S.O. (and she and I have been together for 20+ years). You buy something at a grocery store and the clerk says, "Thank you honey", or "Come again sugar"... It didn't matter if the clerk was black or white, it still happened... I'm just a bald head wrinkled old fart, so it's not like there was anything else going on there... Just a different culture...I have to use a cane when out in public because of risk the of falling - due to an auto-immune disease. Being a martial artist (retired) I taught the cane as one of our weapons. The one I use is a fine, oak animal handling (pig cane) cane with a particular "cut" at the curved end. It gets me on planes at the head of the line, gets me called "sugar" by the cute store clerks and makes me look harmless, he, he, he, he.
Yep Collin All over Eastern Arkansas and Deep South going back to GA and Northern FLA Ladies have called me Honey,Sugar and Long tall drink of water. It is a regional cultural thing. Spring Break is almost here along with payday, I going to hit the pawn shop and see if I can score a Brick hammer head cheap and get my War Hammer cane done.One of the things that I noticed while working in New Orleans on a Navy project back before Katrina was that all the female store clerks call you "honey", "sugar", and such... In fact, I got called "honey" more in one week than I have ever been called it by my S.O. (and she and I have been together for 20+ years). You buy something at a grocery store and the clerk says, "Thank you honey", or "Come again sugar"... It didn't matter if the clerk was black or white, it still happened... I'm just a bald head wrinkled old fart, so it's not like there was anything else going on there... Just a different culture...
I don't see that here in Texas much though... And if you said that to a woman around here, they would bite your head off and claim sexual harassment...Yep Collin All over Eastern Arkansas and Deep South going back to GA and Northern FLA Ladies have called me Honey,Sugar and Long tall drink of water. It is a regional cultural thing. Spring Break is almost here along with payday, I going to hit the pawn shop and see if I can score a Brick hammer head cheap and get my War Hammer cane done.