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Wood sword cane of Jean Baptiste Faribault. A swordstick or cane-sword is a cane containing a hidden blade or sword. The term is typically used to describe European weapons from around the 18th century. But similar devices have been used throughout history, notably the Roman dolon, [1] the Japanese shikomizue and the Indian gupti.
Brigg joined in the late Victorian and Edwardian craze for what are now known as gadget or system canes and umbrellas, with concealed pencils, atomizers and other trickery. The silversmith Charles Henry Dumenil was a leading exponent of such gadgetry as well as being a major supplier of mounts to the firm.
Victorian Age weapons are those developed and used during the middle and late 19th Century, commonly referred to as the Victorian Age. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The United Kingdom made much use of various weapons, and designed many new ones, during the Victorian Age to maintain their Empire. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
There is one item of equipment about which I have a definite opinion. It is the swagger stick. It shall remain an optional item of interference. If you feel the need of it, carry it… [4] General George S. Patton carried a swagger stick throughout World War II; however, his contained a concealed blade, similar to a Victorian gentleman's sword ...
The singlestick itself is a slender, round wooden rod, traditionally of ash, with a basket hilt.Singlesticks are typically around 34 inches (86 cm) in length, and 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter, [failed verification] and thicker at one end than the other, used as a weapon of attack and defence, the thicker end being thrust through a cup-shaped hilt of basket-work to protect the hand. [2]
The curved, Gothic-hilted 1822 and 1845 pattern infantry swords, although elegant, had been criticised by some as fighting swords [by whom?]. In common with British cavalry swords of the era, they were cut-and-thrust swords. In 1892, a new, straight, blade was introduced, mated to the existing Gothic hilt.
As a dress sword, it is of relatively lightweight construction. The weight of the sword is about 1 lb 10.5 oz (750 g) and the scabbard about 1 lb 1 oz (480 g). [6] The 31 inch-long (79 cm) blade is slab-sided and of a V-shaped cross-section, it is double-edged for its last 12 inches (the yelman) and comes to a relatively acute asymmetric point ...