You could always move from a Blue state to a Red one. I'm sure your daughter er ah I mean your WIFE wouldn't mind.

Then he would REALLY get his mind right!

I always wanted to move down South but my wife can’t tolerate heat or more especially the humidity.

That's understandable, and we get plenty of both.

YUP, we sure do that.

Ahem…yes…self defense is the only reason I use a cane

I've had to use one for about 4 years now. I chose a stout, lightweight, wooden one made from the stem and root of a tree in no small part because the handle makes an excellent self-defense tool at the end of a weapon with reach. That, and it makes me look more like I'm prepping for a hike, and less like a crippled old man

Josh, have you looked into a Blackthorn stick? VERY classy and quite stout as well.

I gave my mom one a couple years before she passed away. I think my sister grabbed it after the funeral. Mine is a sumac I believe. I've beat it like I stole it. Lightweight, fast in hand, and hard (as my kids will attest to, having been (lightly) rapped with the handle when they misbehave in occasion )

I've heard that Sumac is great for something like that. Didn't they used to use sumac for golf club heads, or am I just delusional again.

Good question. I have no clue. My cane looks an AWFUL lot like a golf club though

Actually I do have a cane for that purpose. You should be able to take them on panes.

A simple crook cane with a small angular cut on the crook end is a healthy tool for defense.

I have the Cane Masters Triple Grip (not sure if they make it any more) and It is sweet. Has three sets of "grips" down the shaft and is over an inch in diameter with a wicked birds beak at the end of the crook. I just this past week saturated it with some Old English "Scratch hider" for dark wood. Looks pretty nice I think, Before it was a lighter color. Anyway I used the old english on it and then let it dry for a day or two then really slathered on the Mineral Oil. I will wait until later on sometime this week and give it another coat of oil. I paid to much to let it get all dried out and cracked. I've had mine for over 10 years and got it in Hickory. AND I didn't pay the present price for it. I THINK I paid about 75 or 85 dollars for it. I wanted something that would support my at the time 280 pounds AND be good for protection. Mine is not the extended one. On mine the three gripping areas are completely separate.

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