# I'm getting a sword cane **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 3, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706 "2017-08-03T17:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oddball\_92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/21 "2017-08-04T20:19:50Z")
> [@Beandip478](#): > > I almost fell over when I read here that Texas is legalizing swords. The sheer surprise factor knocked me out, 'cause who (not me) would even think of this in 2017. Next I’m surprised that there is, apparently a demand for this on the part of the citizens–or so one assumes since it presumably would have taken some voter pressure to change the law. I’m not opposed to it, it is a wonderfully steampunk anachronism, just wouldn’t have expected such a thing in a million years. As someone said, it would be kind of cool (if admittedly dangerous) if swords came back as “a thing,” now when humanity is getting ready to send people to Mars and produce millions of artificially intelligent robots. Wouldn’t that be a thing, if the robots were so immune to our weapons and other defenses that the only way to defeat them was to go low-tech, and we’d see scary Terminator style bots dueling it out in the streets with sword-wielding citizens. There’s a great post-apocalyptic series for you. Into the Badlands meets Westworld or something. 🙂 …just don’t bring a sword to a gunfight. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/22 "2017-08-04T21:10:52Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > The blade is made from okay steel and will take s sharp edge if you want to put the effort in. From the factory they are not even sharp-ish. Really? Not bad for a 1055 steel. This is out of the box. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JhKM55Bxhyg/hqdefault.jpg "Cold Steel sword cane") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKM55Bxhyg) ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/23 "2017-08-04T21:22:33Z")
Sometimes I wonder if we’re living in America or a warzone. There are people in Venezuela packing less heat than some Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/24 "2017-08-04T21:49:05Z")
I think it’s the way for the cops to tell us that we’re on our own. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/25 "2017-08-04T21:49:12Z")
If people started dressing medieval again, that’d be pretty cool, Texas could be a giant Renaissance Fair. With the BBQ down there too, it’d bode pretty well. Firearms would spoil the fun though. Not sure which is deadlier, a Sword or a Pistol in terms of physical damage, I’d imagine the sword, but firearms work from a distance. Anyone know? It’s like playing a role playing game… I think I’ll play Skyrim later. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/26 "2017-08-05T21:20:27Z")
One prefers to deal with ruffians with a sharp-edged tongue and razor wit. Failing that, the gentleman’s brolly should be sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/27 "2017-08-07T17:42:57Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > Sorry, forgot to post a pic: > > [https://s25.postimg.org/4cqcswy3j/S5031279.jpg](https://postimg.org/image/htnbbs8ez/) > > Very nicely made. Sharp as hell. Nifty! ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/28 "2017-08-12T08:18:00Z")
Yo Scumpup, you were saying? 😃 [https://s25.postimg.org/93vseyqov/S5031282.jpg](https://postimg.org/image/nn2xgdjtn/) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/29 "2017-08-12T11:38:23Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > Yo Scumpup, you were saying? 😃 > > [https://s25.postimg.org/93vseyqov/S5031282.jpg](https://postimg.org/image/nn2xgdjtn/) You just going to gloat or are you going to say from whom you got them? ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/30 "2017-08-12T12:29:44Z")
Look on the envelope, Cold Steel! I sent an email saying that I just got the cane and the O-rings looked dry. I asked if I could order some from them? They sent me these for free but they asked for the receipt first. Now I know what size they are, smaller than I thought. Stretch them out and they get thinner. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/31 "2017-08-12T13:21:38Z")
From whom at Cold Steel? I emailed them from their own website several times and got no response. ---
**Author:** ![Richox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Richox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richox)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/32 "2017-08-12T14:02:18Z")
Yo scum pup, buy some oring material and oring glue and you can make your own, for next to nothing! Make hundreds! Just get a measure on the diameter of the material and you’re cooking!! ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/33 "2017-08-12T14:24:55Z")
Those O-rings cannot be special sized. They’ll be either metric or standard. Harbor Freight carry boxes of assortments in either measures. I brought out my calipers: OD-25mm ID-17.5mm WD-2.5mm (flat sided) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/34 "2017-08-12T15:00:33Z")
I took the originals to Home Depot, Lowe’s, a couple different auto parts chain stores, and a hardware store and couldn’t find a match. It is the flat sides that confound things. Round ones prevent the handle from seating properly in the sheath. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/35 "2017-08-13T22:30:31Z")
[This store](http://www.theoringstore.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=368) seems to have what is needed in quantity. If you can determine the correct size and material, we can order them in quantity. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/36 "2017-08-13T22:39:58Z")
Forgot to mention that we want square x-section rings. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/37 "2017-08-13T23:08:14Z")
I’ve read in the Cold Steel forum that a fella used #14 standard O-ring in his cane with success. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/38 "2017-08-13T23:11:42Z")
I read that too. I bought a box of them and found they didn’t work. Too fat. I even used a dremel and some rouge to polish the throat of the sheath a bit. I ordered some 11/16 inside diameter square x-section rings. I will let you know if they work. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/39 "2017-08-14T00:24:41Z")
He must’ve done something with them to make it fit. Maybe he put them in a press to flatten them. We could modify the grooves to accept common sized O-rings. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706/40 "2017-08-14T00:28:08Z")
That might be the best long-term solution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706.md?page=3)