I’d say skip the sword cane and get a) some pepper spray and b) a nice 9 iron to use as your cane.
Oh for God’s sake. If you pick up the crap, you probably won’t get shot.
If you don’t pick up the poop, you should get shot.
Only half kidding.
Also, I walk my Newfoundland around the neighborhood, and he weighs over 150 lbs. If he wants to crap in an inappropriate spot (someone’s yard, etc), too bad. I am the human, I am in charge, and he doesn’t get to poop just anywhere. I am a petite girl, BTW, so it’s not about strength, it’s about proper dog training.
Okay, am I the only one who read this and thought “sword dildo”?
My personal advice-Never buy and/or carry a weapon you’re not prepared to use. If you brandish it and can’t/won’t use it, that gives your opponent one more thing to grab and use against you if he’s not scared off.
Peace-DESK
You don’t live in a city where cops are very touchy about anything that might look like a weapon.
Likewise, if one is going to have a stick, three feet is far less likely to draw unwanted police attention than would five feet.
And in no gentleman’s shops I’ve ever entered have I seen a five-foot-long walking stick. They are all roughly three feet long, usually metal shod, with a plain ball or decorative metal head.
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hijack One of my SO’s relatives pulled a sword cane on his parole officer once. While we might not agree on the usefullness of the weapon, we can surely agree that that is a stupid idea. /hijack
Otherwise…well, no offense, but you probably don’t know how to use the cane properly. I have several very big knives that, in a fight, would be very useful if I were to know how to use them in that fashion (which, incidentally, I don’t).
If I were to carry the knives and try to use them as self-defense, the knife would probably end up being used on me. Or the guy would have a gun, and I’d’ve provoked him into killing me.
For the record, it isn’t all that likely that someone is just gonna come along and shoot you. If something DID happen, and you were confronted, just apologize and pick up the shit, or give them the money, or whatever they want.
And make sure your dog doesn’t shit on that particular place. Not because I think you might get shot, but because it’s just freakin’ rude. You’re the master–make your dog move.