Hi,
After hurting my ankle and hip recently while lifting weights, it occurred to me that a good sturdy cane couldn't hurt anything (right? right? canes aren't weapons, so they can't...hurt...anything )
I placed my order, and with shipping and a rubber ferrule came to 55.00 USD.
My first impression on lifting the cane was that it was balanced, unique, and painted black. I didn't realize the dark color was paint, but it is. Latex perhaps. That's ok though.
I don't know what I was expecting at 1 1/8"x35.5" but it is also pretty short...BUT not too short to use as a cane. (Canes ought to roughly come up to the crease in your wrist, and at 6'1 this one does.
I have been taking it for walks and to personal obligations, and I have already grown used to having it. The thorns that are shaved off are still quite thorny, although not sharp, and would potentiate any blunt trauma induced with said shillelagh.
"If you sell it, they'll buy it" -THR member
"Beware the man with the limp" -unknown
"I'll see your box cutter, Mr. Atta, and raise you three feet of American hardwood" -M. Ayoob
"stick beats knife" -sm
It's very sturdy, medium-weight, and it has a certain traditional aspect and was used by my ancestors in Ireland. What's not to like?
After hurting my ankle and hip recently while lifting weights, it occurred to me that a good sturdy cane couldn't hurt anything (right? right? canes aren't weapons, so they can't...hurt...anything )
I placed my order, and with shipping and a rubber ferrule came to 55.00 USD.
My first impression on lifting the cane was that it was balanced, unique, and painted black. I didn't realize the dark color was paint, but it is. Latex perhaps. That's ok though.
I don't know what I was expecting at 1 1/8"x35.5" but it is also pretty short...BUT not too short to use as a cane. (Canes ought to roughly come up to the crease in your wrist, and at 6'1 this one does.
I have been taking it for walks and to personal obligations, and I have already grown used to having it. The thorns that are shaved off are still quite thorny, although not sharp, and would potentiate any blunt trauma induced with said shillelagh.
"If you sell it, they'll buy it" -THR member
"Beware the man with the limp" -unknown
"I'll see your box cutter, Mr. Atta, and raise you three feet of American hardwood" -M. Ayoob
"stick beats knife" -sm
It's very sturdy, medium-weight, and it has a certain traditional aspect and was used by my ancestors in Ireland. What's not to like?