Anyone know anything about Bridges walking sticks. I found this today and seems like a good carry option in some places.

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Looked that company up on the Web, found no company listing, several for sale on eBay, Etsy, etc. The head of the can you picture is a golfball.
I like to carry a cane when I walk, a good crooktop is a "goor carry option."

When I was walking nightly around the neighborhood, I had a couple run-ins with dogs. I am always armed but none of the incidents rose to requiring lethal force but I wanted another option, (I also carry pepper spray gel). I also tend to stumble at times when I walk (fatigue), due to dropping my toes when I step, from spinal nerve damage. As a result I invested in a good tactical cane. Also works well for defense from 2 legged predators. Looks like a regular cane, but it is seriously stout. I did not pay retail, I think I found mine new in the wrap on-line for almost half the listed retail.

KA-BAR: TDI Self-Defense Cane

A STURDY one that is, and they are a little pricey. I'll just put it on the wish list.

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"He was kinda funny lookin'"

A friend of many of us around here makes these. Leo is a very talented guy. He makes the grip panels and it holds 5 extra rounds in the bottom of the cane.

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Get one with a curve or hook for hand grip. You won’t believe how many uses you will find for them.

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Once upon a time, I talked to the folks at Cold Steel about their canes. The heads are removable. Handy for figuring out what you like, a definite problem in use. Red Loc-Tite will cure that once you've got your choice made. At any rate, they sell a lot of the alternatives to the scent bottle handle. Looks cool, very little support.

Many of the commonly available canes are of little use for defensive purposes and might actually be marginal for helping you with balance/injury. I bought my wife a cane from Tractor Supply online. I've got broomsticks in the barn of better wood. Lehman's used to have good hickory stock canes available at reasonable prices but they've been out of stock for months on end.

Canemaster has a wide variety of canes/sticks that'll take abuse, they aren't cheap but you could will them to your heirs. The website has an excellent section on figuring out what size cane you'll need.

My cane is an old pool que I bought at the flea market for $1. I cut it to a good length for me and mounted one of those old stone doorknobs on it, which I also bought at a flea market. It's just a walking stick but I think that stone doorknob could break bones if needed.

That's a understatement.

I've had a hawthorn wood cane like these for years, use it when my back is troublesome. Very dense wood and good looking too..


Hawthorne Natural Root Walking Cane | Fashionable Canes

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I used to be disgusted..

I was given a sword cane as an accessory for one of my sons' weddings. 18" blade the came dull! 12 to 14" of blade on one side and can be doubled edged for the last 6".

Not near as useful as a Farm & Fleet "Hog Cane"!

I keep in the car a hook cane that's of a laminated wood like material Originally $5.99 but $2.00 at the thrift store. Was about 38" overall, but was easily trimmed with a saw to fit me.

12 years ago I had a stroke and had to learn to walk again. As I progressed I went from a walker for about 2 months, to a 4 footed cane for about 3 weeks, to a hook cane for a few months. A couple of years ago I have long effect covid symptoms and occasionally still need a cane.

I have found I should take a cane with me, weather I need it or not, when I travel or will be in crowds. With grey hair and even just carrying a cane, most people are more polite to you. And you have something to trip them with when they need aren't!

Ivan

Most of mine have come from thrift stores. Prefer a crook top, hook it over your arm when you need both hands free. For SD, use them for sweeps.
All have rubber tips, I usually use rubber leg tips from the hardware store, my one friend who needs one to walk with says proper cane tips are better for her. One website lists an ice grip cane tip and an ice grip attachment.

I have a cane sword. It's old.

I think if you want a cane for support while walking, a lightweight collapsible trekking pole is about as good as it gets. Easily adjustable to height, and can be collapsed for packing or storage, if needed.

I like the design with a palm rest rather than a hook or handle as it is more comfortable to put weight on for me. My knees are doing pretty well these days so I don't use one for most daily activities, but do take mine with me for my daily 2~ 3 mile walks.

I recently began experimenting with those dual trekking poles. These are adjusted differently from a cane. Height should be about elbow high. I think they look pretty dorky, but I gotta say on long descents/ascents when hiking they make it a lot easier.

Both of the above are also great for balance when on slippery surfaces or tricky terrain.

I have a nice sword cane, too, but can't say I actually use it. I enjoy having it though.

My knee goes out occasionally and I have a "Bubba Stick" that I use for support. Check them out. They have them with a brass hayme for a handle (I think hayme is the right word, could be wrong.) Very heavy knob!

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Sword canes are legal here in Oklahoma so that's what I'd get but I've heard you have to pay at least 300 hundred bucks or so to get a good one.

If you're serious about using the cane for self defense, get a crooked cane and get training in how to use it.

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The best I can with what I got

The canemaster everyday canes aren't all THAT bad in price and offer several selections of wood type and density. An extra $10 gets you "thumper" qualtiy wood.

I didn't watch the video all the way through, but they seem to have decent techniques in the part I watched. All too often the videos are done by 30 something dojo rats, not folks who might actually need the cane. I really needed one last year. Confirmed my thought that if you REALLY needed the cane, your best bet was to get your back up against a wall for both support and protection and find techniques you can use from that postion.

This was my dad's "Harry Lauder" made of blackthorn.



Harry went to the extreme.

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I have this old Folk Art one. I believe the shaft is hickory.

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I have a 6' Agave Century plant shoot that is about 25 years old as my walking staff. I've sprayed it with a couple of coat of urethane.

Then i wrapped the base with copper wire for strength so it won't split
and for endurance. Also I wrapped the area that I grip with deer leather laces.

It's a great walking staff. I've hiked many a mile in AZ and Ind with it. It's strong enough to support me if need to pull myself up and the sprouts on the top 2' feet of my staff will inflict a deep cut if I have to use the staff as a weapon used against flesh.

Pics to come.

I've got a wooden walking staff that is 60". Paid some old hippie $10 for it back in 1998 (he signed it with the date which is why I know) at some craft show up at Northwestern (Natichotoches, LA ) He asked me why I picked that one and I half jokingly said "It spoke to me". Well at that his eyes lit up as he had found a kindred soul and he went off talking for about 15 minutes about how he finds them in the woods, cleans them up, yada yada yada and they tell him what they want to be....... I use it more than I ever thought I would, kinda like a 5 foot swagger stick. I think about that old guy every time I grab it

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