Walking sticks and canes

I carry a riding crop to certain nightclubs.

Originally Posted by Magician

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I carry a riding crop to certain nightclubs.

Yeah baby, yeah!!!!

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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**** the walking stick. You need one of those short rods that you swing by your side like a baton (which may or may not be called a 'baton').

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

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Swagger stick?

That was going to be my guess as to what he means, too.

This dude's cane looks both ridiculous and kinda awesome, which might be the best you could hope for:

http://www.classicdriver.com/upload/...2/img01pop.jpg

Not sure I'd be so enamored if I were to see him in real life. Of course, if he really needed it, more power to him, and props for picking that cane.

For cloudy days, a full-length umbrella makes a fine substitute.

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Agreed on all counts. I use a solid-stick brolly instead of cane.

Originally Posted by Germanicus

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I find it extremely difficult to pull this look off, if you want to stay on the serious side. LabelKing and Holdfast are the only members who could use one without becoming a caricature of themselves.



I don't quite know what to make of this... maybe I should just get a cane... maybe a Penang lawyer!

Originally Posted by Flambeur

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Are nice walking sticks/canes ever appropriate in our modern society as fashion accessories for those who aren't retirement age and fully functioning, or are we restricted to our nice umbrellas. As much as I love my Briggs, i still lust for a vintage walking stick sometimes, and I actually want to be able to use it sometimes.
A walking stick is an essential iGent accessory. The iGent influence is so powerful that it has contaminated even visiting alien cultures.

Originally Posted by forsbergacct2000

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Do we need to issue a "troll alert?"


yeah, maybe for you.

Originally Posted by The Transporter

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... I think it's a cool look and they are fun to use but like someone else said, a bit too costumey for regular use. Bowie pulled it off but then again, none of us are Bowie, are we?

regular use would be too much unless you needed it for medical reasons.

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

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Swagger stick?

This dude's cane looks both ridiculous and kinda awesome, which might be the best you could hope for:

Not sure I'd be so enamored if I were to see him in real life. Of course, if he really needed it, more power to him, and props for picking that cane.

For cloudy days, a full-length umbrella makes a fine substitute.

Yeah that's pretty badass

Originally Posted by Germanicus

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I find it extremely difficult to pull this look off, if you want to stay on the serious side. LabelKing and Holdfast are the only members who could use one without becoming a caricature of themselves. Just get a Brigg umbrella with a silver cane instead, like LabelKing has, and you can use it almost every time it is a bit cloudy without looking a ridiculous.

Good point

Originally Posted by Holdfast

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That was going to be my guess as to what he means, too.

Agreed on all counts. I use a solid-stick brolly instead of cane.

I guess that's what I'm going to stick to for now on. I do like having it around.

Those swagger sticks are the perfect British Colonial accessory. You also need to develop a case of gout and drink too much scotch and whiskey.

Unfortunately, our society doesn't smile upon foppish accessories such as canes. Marcel in Belle de Jour carried a dagger cane:

In truth, I couldn't see the point of even starting this thread until you had come online.

Originally Posted by Flambeur

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yeah, maybe for you.

I had not thought of that. HMMMM.

I'll leave you to your own devices about the walking stick. After all, only a fool would mock someone armed with a useable club to his face.

Originally Posted by dopey

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In truth, I couldn't see the point of even starting this thread until you had come online.

Come to think of it I really could have used a cane when I messed up my knee in a motorcycle accident this spring. Damnit.

Canes are also essential for the performance of the iGent follies:

I thought swagger sticks were strictly for uniformed military officers, Marine DIs and such. I can recall the orientation assembly for ROTC at UCLA. (Two years training were mandatory for all able-bodied American male students without prior military service.) The colonel came in looking very distinguished in uniform adorned with all manner of "fruit salad," much of garnered in WWII and Korea no doubt, and he had a swagger stick. I thought it was a very elegant touch, although some irreverent, smart-alec students called it a "magic wand." Do they still see much use in contemporary military assemblages?

I carried a cane for a number of years. I started the practice because of some knee problems but continued it just because it was sort of neat and made useful, legal impact weapon of sorts. I can recall one night in Hollywood coming to my car and finding several seedy looking characters leaning on it. I very politely said something like, "Excuse me, but I need to get into my car." They cleared out pronto. I was training hard in those days and my weight was close to a muscular 240, and I also had a stout blackthorn stick in my hand to reinforce my request if need be. Several bystanders were highly amused.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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House, M.D., can't walk without one.

But I dare say Bertie Wooster could:

Sometimes, I wish I could injure myself in some minor way as to justify a walking cane.