How The Cane Replaced The Sword in Everyday Carry

“In a more practical sense, though, it just made sense to carry a stout stick when you went out into the dangerous world. It’s something humans have done all around the world, and from the Asa used as far back as the day’s of ancient Egypt in the martial art Tahtib, to the gnarled shillelagh carried throughout Ireland, there are countless examples of how we have used these sticks to protect ourselves.”