“Are You In Danger?” – a Curious Article on Umbrella Self-Defence (1900) |

@BigJackBrass I have quite a good book about stick whomping people and Umbrellas get a good chapter, but the abuse of sword cane is fabulous.

"The weapon of an assassin with no value to a man of distinction" etc etc

@Printdevil Star Wars would be greatly improved if the weapon of the Jedi had been a good brolly. An elegant weapon for a more civilised age.
@BigJackBrass @Printdevil "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good sword-cane by your side."
@RogerBW @Printdevil Keeps the sun off. Try doing that with a blaster.
@BigJackBrass @RogerBW @Printdevil "Hello there!" *FWOMP*

@BaronessWinter @RogerBW @Printdevil https://youtu.be/rsQyyErzrpo

https://youtu.be/B4rSIv2Q9uY

Turns out that in addition to the clips I expected, there's a whole YouTube subgenre of people dishing out a drubbing using an umbrella. Must be a lot of frustrated Walter Mitty commuters out there 😁

Girl uses Umbrella vs 3 Men - MARTIAL ARTS FIGHT SCENE

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@BigJackBrass @BaronessWinter @Printdevil I suspect it's much better as a stabbing weapon than as a baton..

@RogerBW @BaronessWinter @Printdevil Ah, then I imagine that you are unfamiliar with the disturbingly real category of mayhem that is the self-defence umbrella. For example:

https://persurvive.com/survival/best-self-defense-umbrella/

Including the exactly-what-it-says-on-the-tin Stunbrella…

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@BigJackBrass @RogerBW @BaronessWinter @Printdevil I have an arthritic knee so have a perfect excuse for using this walking stick.

https://www.coldsteel-uk.com/product/cold-steel-city-stick-cs-91sta/

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That's my excuse too ... well ... perforated torn meniscus...

Martial arts injury.

Well in the sense the 9 year old who kicked me has a purple belt in jujutsu...

🙄

@satsuma @BigJackBrass @RogerBW @BaronessWinter

@Printdevil @satsuma @RogerBW @BaronessWinter I have a climbing injury affecting my fingers. It's genuine, but I was slightly less than two feet off the ground when it happen.