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wulfgarw -> RE: Last one to post, wins. (3/9/2010 12:27:29 PM)
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ORIGINAL: dreamofthemoon
Woot! i'm up to 40, i think, right? How're you, fluffy?
And wulf, that sword cane... sounds like something James Bond would use, or find a use for.
Actually, sword canes were very much in vogue back in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in urban Europe. Outwardly, it looked like a gentleman's straight cane, but with a quick twist, the handle, seperated from the body drawing a rapier like 18-24 inch blade ideal for fending off a attacker at knife fighting ranges, and providing a superior tactical and speed advantage against a common thug's slow, heavy club, blackjack or knife. This was before the advent of reliable repeating small firearms as a single shot firearm would hold you to a disadvantage should your weapon misfire, or you missed. Or even if you hit them, but didn't stop the fight as the spherical bullet wasn't a good fight stopper or even very accurate, even at minute-of-scumbag ranges.
Plus the cane could be held openly in the hands , not scare children and liberals, and could be used for walking or signaling your hackney (taxi) driver sitting on the roof of the carriage, whereas a common sidearm of the time you would have to uncover, draw, cock, point, and then, maybe, fire. You might be able to get a second crack at the goblin if you had a second weapon, but by that time he may already have your guts for garters, and your lady as his latest, unwilling sexual conquest, her life intact if she's lucky.
But the advent of the repeating small arm relegated the sword cane to the umbrella rack, and saw it removed to the attic to be forgotten with the invention of the brass firearm cartridge, improving small arms reliability and firing speed manyfold, eliminating the need for the sword.
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