James Smith & Sons, the umbrella shop in Holborn, London, still show swordsticks on their shopfront, although I think it’s highly unlikely that they’d make or sell you one.
Unless you’re John Steed, of course. > On 3 Dec 2020, at 14:21, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can own a lot of different firearms legally in the US but disguised > weapons are one frowned by most states and localities. You can buy a license > from the Feds for a gun cane and wait about a year for them to decide that > you're not a felon or particularly dangerous, but the locals will still > probably take a dim view. <Sarc>Bashing someones skull in is preferable I > guess.</sarc> I don't know of anyplace where a sword cane is legal, except > as a curio, though I'm sure some one will tell me. > >> On 12/3/2020 7:13 AM, Alan C wrote: >> Surprised you didn't mention the "cane gun" adaptation widely used by spies >> & thugs. >> >> Alan C >> >>> On 03-Dec-20 09:37 AM, mike wilson wrote: >>> I prefer a two-piece for self-defence. Collapsed, you have effectively a >>> weighted walking stick, à la Sherlock Holmes. One adjustment and you have >>> a quarterstaff, of little John fame. I recommend the Benbo Traveller. >>> >>>> On 03 December 2020 at 01:41 "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> That looks enough like the one I use, that I can opine that it also >>>> makes a decent club, for self defense. >>>> >>>> On 11/25/2020 1:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>>>> On Nov 25, 2020, at 7:24 AM, Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Use a bean bag… >>>>> I use a monopod with a ball head and hang it from my belt using a >>>>> maglight holster >>>>> >>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bfko83dh4sFfu5Lg7 >>>>> >>>>> It doubles as a nice walking stick. >> >> > -- > Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of > idiot to use a Pentax. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
