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1. Nice review,but it would help if you included some tips/tactics on how to use it in a self-defense situation.
   I had to use a cane for most of last year.I’m trying to think how I could deploy it if someone was in my face threatening me.I would have to balance one 1 leg,hold the handle,and use my other hand to unsheath it.A good index finger poke in my chest would have sent me on my kiester.
   I can see having time to expose it if there is some distance,but you are then still immobile.
   Not being negative,it could be useful if you had no physical need for a cane.

   1. Sword Cane fighting is almost a forgotten art. I know I’ve seen a few books from the ’30s that had some information in it, but they are getting tough to find. Here is an article on using a cane though.

      1. A blade that small is designed to be wielded one-handed, not two-handed. I’m a former competitive fencer and I’ve studied a few different “period” styles of sword-fighting (I’ve had a weird life). You’d be better served using the blade in your dominant hand and the shaft in your non dominant, for blocking and/or bludgeoning.

2. Behave & get better! I can empathize. Am currently recovering (so very slowly) from vertigo resulting from labyrinthitis. It would be tough to need to defend ones self when everything is “moving” around you, your eyes won’t focus, and you don’t dare put down the trash can you might need to throw up in!! Worse than defenseless!!

   Enough of that… behave & get better… a friend didn’t behave & subsequently ended up with more than one hip replacement… behave!!

   1. “Behave”, nothing! Better to say, “Don’t get in trouble by not getting caught”.

3. Perhaps an article on defense weopons for the permanently or temporarily disabled would be good to write. As an aside I too just had a total knee replacement and was told how great I was doing by my doc and physical therapist. But I’m not where I think I should be. A word to the wise if you need hip, knee or some other such replacement get it done sooner rather than later to insure availability of the procedure and time to rehab. It wouldn’t be good to be down during a crisis event.

4. Remember also,just a regular cane is a good weapon. Get a wooden stock cane from TractorSupply. They are legal everywhere. I traveled to Scotland with one last year. The stock cane is normally used to deal with animals on the farm and is much heavier than the grandma canes from Walgreens.

5. I can relate. Had total knee replacement six weeks ago and still can’t do some things I’d like to do. Have two more weeks of therapy. Told I’m doing well but I too am impatient. Am told I will still have to do exercises after being released. I am doing them now 3x a day. Did six weeks of pre-surgery exercises. I already have neuropathy which is incurable and degenerative. Would like to hear about some things I can do about self-defense. I use a walker anyway. Any suggestions appreciated.

6. My first (conventional) hip replacement surgery (2002) took about 16 weeks for full recovery My second (other) hip replacement surgery (by Hughston Clinic) took about 2 weeks until I was up-and-about. Full recovery in about 5 weeks. Wish you the best.

7. I’m 66, about 2 years out from a double hip replacement, and sad to say, I still do not feel 100%. Although I was a brown belt in Shotokan karate, my balance and dexterity now is noticeably compromised and my karate kicks are completely in my past, I fear. I still walk with a slight limp. Perhaps, with more exercise I can overcome my present limitations.
   Unfortunately, sword canes are illegal in PA where I live.

8. Sadly, sword canes are illegal to carry in WA State.

   1. Also in Virginia.

9. As of September 1, sword canes and other previously illegal knives will be Legal for carry in Texas, with the exception of certain specified locations.

10. Like many who have commented, I’ve had some reconstructive surgeries. This is an area of prepping that is almost universally overlooked. Maybe because there is no way to prepare in some cases. Our 42 year old otherwise healthy daughter recently suffered a minor stroke and seizure. Do what after a societal collapse???

    1. Pray, and be at peace with your maker, while helping others as much as you can.

11. Get well. Good article and am looking into the cane. I had triple hernia surgery (stomach/groin area) early December 2017. Still not healed as far as I am concerned. I just don’t heal as fast as I used to and is very annoying. I am just 65 years old

12. Thanks for all your comments and concern, I’m getting better ever so slowly, just takes time. As to giving hints on using a sword cane for self-defense, it’s not all that hard – when you have a long, razor-sharp blade, once you start swinging or poking it at someone, they will find they need to be some place else. When I was teaching martial arts classes, part of what I taught was using a walking stick for self-defense, easy to learn, but I can’t teach it in a blog…

13. hip replacement ? knee replacement ? post collapse ? good luck with that.

14. Thanks for the article, now I don’t feel so alone with my slow hip replacement recovery (surgery 4/10). I looked at Coldsteel’s website but these are, sadly, currently out of stock…

15. As a medical device it maybe covered by insurance,at the worst all they could say is no .

16. For those of us that reside in states where swords are illegal, one might consider an good ol’ Shillelagh from Ireland. I have purchased a few items from them and can assure anyone they are a very reputable, customer service family business. Lots of good information on the website, too. Different types of Shillelagh and different lengths for all sizes of people. Get yourself a good stout, classic black briar shillelagh and defend yourself.

    I got one for when my sciatic acts up and could also use it for self defense.
    http://www.oldeshillelagh.com/

17. Try searching for a doctor who used the Anterior hip replacement procedure. Mine was done at age 64l one week with walker, one week with cane and back to normal function within 6 weeks with no rehab. This is not uncommon as it is due to the lack of muscle that needs to be surgically disturbed/cut. My wife had a double replacement at age 65, six weeks apart and had nearly identical results. Good luck.

18. Try searching for a doctor who used the Anterior hip replacement procedure. Mine was done at age 64l one week with walker, one week with cane and back to normal function within 6 weeks with no rehab. This is not uncommon as it is due to the lack of muscle that needs to be surgically disturbed/cut. My wife had a double replacement at age 65, six weeks apart and had nearly identical results. Good luck.

19. My best wishes to you. I am recovering from my second multi level spine surgery and empathize. I attended my daughter’s wedding far from home and needed a cane after falling on the groom’s parent’s front porch haha.
    Anyway, I used a golf club. A 7iron to be exact. When asked why not use a regular cane, I told them I would rather look like a crippled golfer than just a cripple.

20. For those in jurisdictions which do not allow a sword cane, Cold Steel offers other canes or walking sticks which may also be very effective in self defense.
    I favor their Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick.

    http://www.coldsteel.com/irish-blackthorn-walking-stick2.html

21. My wife did use her cane to beat the crap out of a recently released, former inmate…guess he wanted back in for “three hots and a cot”.
    Her stick is not heavy, she was leaning against a car, not able to maneuver, she just kept wailing on him. Took 30 stiches to put his face back on.
    The cops knew who he was and where to find him …followed the blood trail I guess.

22. Are sword canes legal anywhere? State laws regarding pocketknives are overly restrictive enough. I cannot fathom any state (perhaps SD?) not banning sword canes.

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