#1299 – Poke
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comics
I never had an umbrella with a hidden sword. I imagine they would be fairly dangerous in everyday life. It would also be a bit awkward when you refused to let someone borrow it. “No, just go out in the rain like you are. It’s refreshing! You could… really use a shower right now… anyway.”
Tags: garage sale, sword, umbrella
I would totally buy this.
I don’t know about a sword-umbrella, but if I ever got old and had to use a cane I’d totally have a sword-cane.
One should always be prepared for a rainy day or an insult to the family honor.
Sword-umbrellas aren’t really what I’d be after — I’m more of an umbrella gun kind of guy.
I had a sword-umbrella once. It was EPIC!
Whatever you do, don’t touch the red biutton…
I would want most things I own to have hidden weapons in them. I want to be that guy that would make a mugger change a few life decisions.
They have these sorts of things actually. I’ve seen a sword in a walking cane. You need a license to carry a concealed weapon to have one though, other wise you get in big trouble.
@cyndacuazy mythbusters made an umbrella bb gun in episode 2
dartigen:
You don’t have to wait and get old. A friend of mine has a bad knee from an old accident, and has impressive skill in fighting with canes, sword- and otherwise.
You should have either umbrella or cane sword done by a custom sword maker. The cheap crap on the market is fragile, you can’t use the umbrella as an umbrella, it’ll fall apart’ if you use the cane as a cane it will come apart and you can fall on the sword. Real ones are not hard to come by but they are very expensive and in many jurisdictions are not legal or have restrictions on size or how they are removed from the sheath. The blade should be carbon steel which means it needs checked and cared for regularly.
I used to crave a crutch with a shotgun barrel in it; if you need more than one round, it’s probably moot anyway…
In my school one twelfth year class did The Threepenny Opera, and they fashioned a walking stick with a spring-loaded hidden knife in woodshop class for the play. (When it was our turn, we drank beer on stage. You could get away with anything in those days, if it was for a play.)
But anyway, as the stick with the knife wandered around the school halls over the years, a disappointing discovery was made. The spring was worn out from constantly being tensed and ready to pop the blade out! That problem never comes up in spy movies.
Heh, I have an umbrella like that, where the end pops off, if I do it right it’ll shoot up about 10 feet before drifting back down. I still use it though because I love seeing the look on people’s faces when they see it.