The Club Poll!

[axeman_g]

6' Ash staff. Wonderful tool and defense mechanism.

 

[Mannix]

Cricket bats work quite well. Turn it sideways for maximum effect. Maximum size you'll find is 38". If you're an athletic type, you may be able to justify having it in your car, but I just keep mine at home.

 

[Warren]

I've always loved the look of cricket bats. However I've never seen one up close.


I might just buy one.

 

[RandyB]

This hiking stick is a custom made job by my dad. It started off as a dymond wood staff from Musuem replicas (they no longer carry them, so if you do know of another supplier let me know please!) It is 5 fot in length and VERY stout. The bottom is made of copper and has a threaded end for various attachments (flat, pointed, etc.) depending on terrain. The top is aluminum capped with my name and can act as a monopod for my camera. A very stout and dependable hiking tool. The only disadvantage is that it weighs quite a bit on long hikes.

 

[Joe Demko]

Oak walking cane. I've been experimenting with some stick techniques from bartitsu with it.

 

[markk]

A few of my favourite things...

 

[BRASSM]

My normal device carried when I can't have a firearm is an ASP. My favorite blunt instrument is a Bokken. I have several, but my favorite is the synthetic 'unbreakable' Bokken from Cold Steel.

 

[p35]

Here's an experiment I've been fooling with: a traditional Irish shillalegh made from Oregon white oak. Handy, but I'm not sure it's better than a hammer.

 

[Rushifell]

ASP baton is great fun. Also partial to the hardwood bokken, its just not pocket sized.

 

[proud2deviate]

I recently made a neat little sap-ish sort of thing. It's basicly a lead bar that I bent into a hairpin shape, and then filled in the "eye" and soldered down the middle. I rubberized it with black tool-dip.

It's maybe six inches long, by .75 inches wide, by .5 inches thick. Flares out to maybe 1.75 inches at the "head". Weighs about 18 ounces.

I gave myself an experimental thump with it once, not too hard. Will NOT do that again.

Good for all manners of pummeling; you can use either end, use it as a fist load, hammer strike. I need to put some sort of strap or thong on it, though.

 

[glockman19]

Pry bar... tire iron... but my favorite I got as a kid at a Dodger game on Bat Night.

 

[Timthinker]

An inexpensive, strong and effective club can be made from a suitable piece of iron pipe. Why do I favor an iron club? The answer is simple: it works. Iron is much denser than a comparable piece of wood or plastic, so it will inflict greater damage upon an adversary. If you doubt this, look at medieval maces, which are nothing more than glorified iron clubs. Remember, an iron club is so effective that it should never be used unless your life or limb is in immediate jeopardy. That said, I believe it is the strongest club available.

Timthinker

 

[.45 Cal]

34 oz. Louisville Slugger

 

[RancidSumo]

I have an extendable baton that is made with the steel wraped around like a spring. With the whip it gets, it hurts like hell. Aside from that, does beating someone with you pistol/rifle after you run out of ammo count?

 

[fiacha5]

50 cents

I think the one that I like to have and havent seen here, is a leather sleeve built to hold fifty cent pieces. I have found that running around LA vegas and other high density populations that noone looks twice at a bag of coins. I can even fly with it.