Four Sinister Canes

[@MegaSkyline69]

From a time when a gentleman defended themselves with style. What a wonderful collection. Thank you very much for sharing them sir.

[@godrilla5549]

I just dolled up my gun, gave her a nice fancy bow.

[@klownmittenz8715]

When I worked at a gun shop we had a customer bring in a cane that was a .410 shotgun. We had to make custom shells for it.. Thanks for sharing.

[@lewkster4873]

WHO would carry this? Let me tell you, the moment I hit 60 I'll DUAL-WEILD THESE.

[@oigomieggo24]

Use one of those walkers so you have four cylinders to store stuff. Imagine converting one of those into a quad-barrel zip gun 😂

[@poopiepantsmcgee456]

Hell yeah

[@davidsiler5505]

lewkster I’m 34 getting close to 35, I could use a cane now.

[@yourfbiagent8244]

Real question....who wouldn't?

[@halogen5580]

dual weild are for weebs!

[@MP-db9sw]

Cane 1: Bond villain Cane 2: BDSM/Sadomasochist Cane 3: Blind Ninja Swordsman Cane 4: Treacherous Medieval King’s Advisor EDIT: Capitalization

[@burritowyrm6530]

blind nigga samurai

[@micohazakin8576]

Burrito Wyrm you don’t have the n-word pass

[@jozenagustineybanez6951]

Q

[@LordMayorOfDairyBell]

Cane 1: Self Defense Enthusiast Cane 2: Slave owner Cane 3: A true Gentleman ready for a duel Cane 4: Spy

[@miguelsalazar8932]

#3. Hijitaka?

[@kotnhewhohim2092]

I am an old man. I wouldn’t think of leaving the the house without my swordcane, my side arm and pocket knife! Rather large pocket knife. 😎

[@pyropikachu56]

Where did you get your sword cane from? been thing of investing in one myself

[@FrenchToast663]

It is, of course, classified as a concealed weapon, and therefore illegal to carry in public.

[@kotnhewhohim2092]

Hector ... Absolutely! But I would have long since shot a bad guy before I would have had to run him through. But if I run out of ammo I still have a few surprises.

[@kotnhewhohim2092]

Pyro_pikachu56 .... My cane was given to me by my son-in-law who makes such things, knives, brass knuckles, a Myriad of other such close in protection that the well heeled gentleman should wear.

[@zipherdias420]

Oh hell yea, you sir I would dub "an old fashioned bad ass".

[@olivercousins5348]

Imagine you're a Victorian boy that has to pickpocket to survive, you get caught and the victim unsheaths a sword from his cane and yells "En guard, ruffian!"

[@arrfffff7455]

Blocks it with my form arm I stole more then mere coin fool Shows 2 in thick steel around my arm Pulls out short sword

[@okolona1]

Take that "cat o nine tails" and whip that ass

[@deb1000001]

An old man once pulled out in front of me at his stop, my left turn in front of him. Made me throw on the brakes just for him to go to parking lot across the street. I sat, then turned around right to follow him, yelled at him. He threatened me with some object I forget. I'm female. I pictured myself taking it from him and beating him to death with it, was the reason I backed off. I was even seeing the headline. (My newborn daughter was in the car, and he'd risked her life in a hurry to shop.)

[@reynaldoflores4522]

@@deb1000001 Why would you yell at that poor old man? What if it had been your own father? Don't even think of maltreating senior citizens. You'll soon be one yourself.

[@charlesharrison4531]

I'd probably go: "What the hell is my life?"

[@christophernewman5027]

Sinister? Try sensible. Well, maybe not the last one...

[@bandccoresohio]

I have a feeling the arsenic was the poison yourself if you lose a battle or something

[@wanicki3575]

dick liddle a man with a cane isn’t a good soldier not that soldiers need poison I bet it’s a spy’s cane so if he was ever caught he could avoid being interrogated

[@billyandrew]

@@bandccoresohio More likely an assassins weapon, I think.

[@Kal_sengupta]

What about the slave whip ???

[@blackwaterhousecork5182]

Self Protection was once Legal and Arsenic was often a Prescribed Medication for the Treatment of certain Conditions.

[@joshuagross3151]

Like life?

[@samhouston1288]

@@joshuagross3151 Syphilis and Psoriasis

[@joshuagross3151]

@@samhouston1288 ...and their lives.

[@whitenoise8397]

@@joshuagross3151 Heh! Bastard beat me to it!

[@ProfitPower13]

Its the dose that makes the poison/medecine

[@gilliandaemon1788]

Me just minding my own business : KZbin : EVIL CANES!

[@Denzel_Watchington]

"I wonder who would carry such a sinister cane?" *....Uhhh, YOU! Lol!*

[@jimmurrell1432]

Arsenic was used as a drug in victorian days and taken willingly. Some people could build up an immunity to amounts large enough to kill a grown man with very little side effects to themselves. That stick with the switchblade though is my favourite... What a find😁

[@bluehornet197]

Ikr that switch blade one was sweet i would of modified it though so i could pull it apart in a flash and hide another blade in the longer part of the cane so i have a sword and a knife

[@piearm1271]

Extraordinary workmanship with all of these. I’ve seen and held a Remington 410 cane, and a gentleman gardener’s cane which had a pruning blade inside the shaft and a flexible saw blade like a bow saw. Would love to see an air gun cane

[@hogheadtb6489]

That you so much for sharing. I have been so fascinated with what they carried for defense in days past.

[@larss337]

I love these Victorian artifacts. The wolf's head cane is superb, I would love to have one. Thank you Sir for sharing with us.

[@NurkePL]

I remember a mate showing me his dads collection of canes in the early 70's - not just sword sticks, he also had 4-10 shotgun canes, twist the handle and pull back and the receiver opens, in goes the cartridge, push back and twist and its armed, the top of the handle was threaded to take a butt stock

[@busternineshoes]

I must admit I was hoping for a 410 to be in the collection.

[@stefanpuszka8173]

As an aging population these could well and truly be useful

[@ShumaiAxeman]

These are really cool, and I kinda want to become a collector of sinister canes now. Or a designer of sinister canes.

[@mikejohnson479]

I used to have two canes with swords inside. I got both of them from pawn shops in Salt Lake City back in the 80s. Similar canes are still available on the internet.

[@mugensamurai]

The most sinister feature of this video. The music and the accent. 5/5.

[@TheSLUser]

Nothing Sinister about those canes other than the one with posion, in the days they were made street muggings were common and a Gentelman carried them as defence. On the dark foggy streets of London with narrow poorly lit lanes, it was common for you to be jumped by thieves so you carried something to defend yourself with. its a pity that now in the days of the scooter muggings we are not allowed to defend ourselves like they were

[@lalli8152]

Arcenic was common medication back then. So it might not have been carried poisoning in mind.

[@probablynotdad6553]

@@lalli8152 then maybe it wqs emergency medication.

[@punnily7743]

A flail is completely useless in a street fight, that one's the most sinister one imo

[@probablynotdad6553]

@@punnily7743 Idk, flails aren't super deadly, at least not ones like that. But can you imagne mugging some rich dude and then being best nearly to death by that thing? It would be a slow and painful death that's for sure.

[@lsswappedcessna]

Now they don't mug, they just shank and groom, no reason for it other than craziness.

[@Animefan1803]

Plottwist that guy is an immortal and those are HIS canes that he carried.

[@ironox8480]

One of each please! God those are beautiful! I love old canes, so many crazy designs from prospectors tools, to picnic supplies to poison vials there are so many strange designs.

[@tonynapoli5549]

Lovely collection I suppose in Victorian days you could carry one for self defence. Thanks for sharing

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Until the early 19th century , you could ( legally ) carry a sword openly in public in the UK. But by Victorian times, it had become illegal, hence the need for these concealed sword canes.

[@Mygg_Jeager]

Man's straight up confused and baffled that Victorian England had gangsters. XD

[@annoyingobservations2310]

Forget the arsenic cane it makes a neat pill cane. I personally prefer a fine tool kit or survival kit. Wire saw, fishing line with hooks. Paracord, compass.

[@danjames5552]

With the world as it is now ,when I am old you know I will be carrying one of these !

[@danjames5552]

@Blackie Foxxless TM then you would wake up and realize you have been watching to much telly and your on the floor

[@danjames5552]

@Blackie Foxxless TM You are a flower pot

[@danjames5552]

@Blackie Foxxless TM does your mum know your up this late

[@danjames5552]

@Blackie Foxxless TM go on ,bath and hairwash ,school in the morning

[@danjames5552]

And then I may even tell Santa

[@gk.spinoza]

There were also walking stick/cane pneumatic AirGuns from late 1800's.

[@ΠαναγιωτηςΠαπας-π7η]

There was a murder attempt with one in a Sherlock Holmes book but i cant remember the title.

[@duncanmcharg]

@@ΠαναγιωτηςΠαπας-π7η Likewise, but the story was when Sherlock had discovered Moriarty and the extent of his criminal power.

[@billyandrew]

@@ΠαναγιωτηςΠαπας-π7η Sherlock would have remembered. You had *one* job! 😂😂😂

[@stonenash786]

I sold black powder cane guns at my second hand shop in Hyde Park,Mass in 1978-82. One of my best customers was Whitey Bulger,who I always called Jim. Very easy and accurate fired 36 lead ball or 6 32 cal in line like a shotgun. I sold them for under $100.

[@z2eight]

AWESOME VID, This makes me want to start collecting these kind of canes.

[@Z0Z99]

On top of that awesome collection, I must say your voice is really soothing.

[@PacoOtis]

Well done! Bravo and thanks so much for sharing and the best of luck!

[@wanicki3575]

I love that he ponders who would carry on every one

[@richarddye9170]

I once found a walking cane at an antiques fair that I thought had a sword in the shaft, but it turned out to be a folding steel ruler for measuring the height of horses.

[@longrider42]

Yes back in the 17 and 1800s a gentlemen carried a cane, not because he needed it for walking, it was for self defense. I had a Uncle and when he traveled to Mexico back in the 30s, he carried a sword cane. So there you go.

[@jl-fy3zj]

Nothing beats Biff Tannin's cain with the fist shaped handle. "Hello, anybody home!?!"

[@ImmersiveGamer83]

My grandad had one with a sword in it. I think it just made him feel less vulnerable. Concealed and out of sight most of time but a sense of security. I will certainly carry one when I am too frail to protect my self.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

In many places that would be illegal.

[@ImmersiveGamer83]

@@reynaldoflores4522 yep, but how often would an old grandad get stopped and have his Cain analysed? Airports are the only place that come to mind

[@argiedude3762]

Well one of the reasons for carrying any of those I think is to be mentioned is the fact that other people carry them. Imagine you're drunk and a guy pulls out a flail out of his cane, lucky for you yours is a sword

[@SuperDancingdevil]

I really like the Wolf’s head cane but maybe without the blade I really like that design, All of them except the one with Arsenic were used in self defence, Over a hundred years ago the streets were not as safe as they are now and police thin on the ground so weapons such as these were fairly common for self defence, The one with Arsenic is different because Arsenic used in very small quantities was used with other compounds to treat certain ailments from Asthma and Cancer to reduced libido and various skin problems it was a very dangerous remedy but one often prescribed by doctors, It may seem odd to us but not when you consider that in those days Mercury was used to treat syphilis, Add to that Arsenic was found in Wallpaper and dresses as a colour enhancer it shows what a dangerous place Victorian England was, I hope that helps with the poison cane, Thank you for an interesting video.

[@DrWetness]

Self defence, I imagine quite necessary in Victorian London and even today’s London

[@billyandrew]

Still footpads, then, even though the Peelers were patrolling the streets.

I'm making my own flail right now, thanks! Definitely using it

[@lewisdob8031]

Great background music! Loved the canes too.

[@Makaan]

The cane number two would have been a flavour of the year for gentlemen and ladies in the old Belgian Congo :)

[@G56AG]

I like the one with the pop out blade, that's quite a weapon. That flail would probably hurt, but if the bad guy really wanted to hurt you it probably wouldn't stop him. The last one with the poison vial is bizarre!

[@ottovonwallace830]

I like the flail one. That would leave a mark.

[@rohantherockwiththerocketh7871]

The cane with the whip and the 6inch blade are gentleman's coachman canes to keep the riff raff at bay!

[@shinew7185]

I have a story about one of these canes. My grandfather carried one similar to the wolf’s head except the blade was/is shorter. He was born in 1895, served in both world war 1 and 2 and was honored with a Purple Heart. His lifestyle never changed from how he was raised, he ate healthy foods (we all did) from a massive garden that he tended to himself and at age 90 was still walking at least 3 miles every morning, he was one of the healthiest people I’ve ever known. This is why I never understood that on occasion he’d walk with a cane, he certainly didn’t need any assistance and I didn’t think he was trying to make a fashion statement either. LoL I would come to find out later that he only carried the cane on occasions when he thought our safety might be compromised. My story takes place around 1970, my gramps was in his late 60’s and I was around age 12. He was retired but my grams worked at a hospital about 15 blocks away from our home. I’m not sure how this got started but my dog would walk with her to work every morning at 6:00 AM and my gramps would walk to pick her up in late afternoon, they didn’t drive. So I decided to walk with him one day, it was 2 days before Halloween and I remember this clearly because I was so excited about a party invite. I was telling my gramps all about it as we walked... and he had his cane with him that day for reasons unbeknownst to me. We mostly walked on the side streets until about 3 blocks away from the hospital which put us onto a busy highway, PCH to be exact... when a convertible pulled up along side us. There were 4 boys wearing costume masks when 2 of them hopped out of the car and sprayed an entire can of silly string in my grandfather’s face covering his glasses. He didn’t even know what silly string was, it was wet and spelled like chemicals to him. I don’t think I had ever seen him scared like that before and I found myself a tad confused because I knew what silly string was and I knew it wasn’t harmful... but to an old man who earn a medal due to mustard gas and didn’t know what just happened to him is different story. This next part happened so fast and you have to realize, I had no clue that my grandfather’s cane wasn’t exactly ordinary. He removed his glasses that were caked with that string and the next thing I heard was the sound of something popping out of his cane and he stabbed one of those boys straight through the foot! He slapped the mask off his face as his did it and I think the boy was in shock, I turned to look at my grandfather and he was just angry at that point. Of course the 2 boys (in their early 20’s?) got back in the car and they all sped off. My gramps didn’t suspect that anything was going to happen that day, he took his cane with him on the off chance that it might... but what were the odds? Just a couple of days earlier which I didn’t know about, an elderly neighbor of ours got bombarded with water balloons causing her to take a fall. Her description was the same, it was 4 males in a Convertible car. It sounded to me like they were just targeting the elderly because I was standing next to my gramps and they did absolutely nothing to me. Back in the 70’s people didn’t call the police for every little incident or sue one another so we never saw those boys again.. I’m sure one of them was probably not walking very steady. My gramps had that cane for a long time because I have photo of him with it. He was only 20 yrs old when the photo was taken, he was wearing a very handsome suit and I think what they call a pork pie hat? He looked really sharp holding that cane just to the side of him. To this day, I have no idea where he got it or even why. He raised me, he protected me, he was my best friend.. and I miss him every day. His walking cane resides in my hope chest today. I love you grandpa.. and thank you. 🙏🏼❤️😊 PS.. I just thought I’d mention, the above incident took place in Signal Hill, CA. It was a nice and safe place to grow up back then, not much crime to speak of really. Although I’m not sure if shooting someone with silly string was a crime. LoL My childhood dog, his name was Huck and he absolutely adored my grandmother. She had no idea he had been following her to work for the longest. He managed to stay a pace or two behind her. She caught a glimpse of him one morning, told him to go home but he refused and from then on he walked by her side. My grams had an incident too right as she turned at that busy pch hwy. There was a man that came out of no where and tried yanking the purse off her shoulder. He must had been watching her bc not many ppl were out and about at 6:00 am, who knows? He didn’t get her purse, her shoulder was a little sore.. but his leg was ripped up worse bc my dog made him wish he had never made the attempt! Those were the only 2 scary things that ever happened in all the years we lived there. Both of them ending with safe outcomes... due to a bizarre/mystery walking cane and a crazy dog. LoL 😉 Makes me wonder how many other canes of the like are still in existence. 🤔

[@bonkers4226]

How realistic 😐😉🤪🤪😉😉🤪🤪😉🤪🤪🤪 See that right there is why I know its fake. You're comlete ignorance and overuse of emojis.

[@anthonyofarrell513]

Fantastic, great stories behind those canes.

[@AngloSaxon1]

Not sinister at all

[@supershifter4836]

The black one was so badass

[@baldieman64]

"An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age"

[@Baltihunter]

I like how they’ve been labelled sinister. Good choice of word

[@raphaelandrews3617]

hi phil love you cane collection. I had a sword cane and knife in a staff. I also had several heavy duty walking sticks that were stolen over the years at various times.

[@user-yl4hb8dg9l]

I think Sinister Cane, the 1941 Orson Welles picture is one of the most sinister canes i've ever seen.

[@billyandrew]

I see what you did there. 🤔👏👏👏 😂😂

[@lynnglidewell7367]

The cane with arsenic is perhaps one used to help smuggle past a search before entering a secured area. It's very James Bond in it's concept and use.

[@admiralcraddock464]

I particularly like the cane with the flais in it. You wouldn`t kill or seriously injure someone with it but you could cause some real pain using it.

[@MegaAndrew145]

Sinister Cane is my favorite Orson Welles film

[@billyandrew]

Drat, two of you making a similar comment at around the same time!

[@thenewseorarek9625]

The sword cane makes perfect sense. Obviously people with canes would be a target for thieves and the like so something unexpected would help them

[@trentdabs5245]

DON'T OPEN THAT BOTTLE ! Arsenic Will NEVER Degrade it will still be just as Deadly A Million years from the day it was made.

[@24408167]

Love that cane ,with the blade coming out of the end of the cane, also the one with the poison wow crazy stuff

[@mikesowder2597]

Wow, cool video and subject my British friend!!

[@lowlowman]

I really like those chickens and we're cool two thumbs up

[@LeMortso]

Wow... great collection! Thank you!

[@jessebeegee]

came here looking for info on different types of canes but now i’m ready to be completely shocked

[@inregionecaecorum]

My most sinister cane has a pointy antler handle, didn't realise how sinister that was until I accidentally locked myself out and broke through my front door with it.

[@frankmckinley1254]

Great collection.

[@gabef9538]

The flail and poison shocked me. The other ones were just useful for selfdefence while traveling past highway men.

[@Tigerssnakes]

I'm busy making a cane for my bad leg I'm a paramedic and was in a severe accident. Thanks for making me now making a sword cane 🤔

[@chris070563]

My wife’s grandad had a walking stick. He called it a poachers stick. You twisted the handle and pulled it back and you could insert a 410 cartridge. He said when he dies it would be mine. But when he passed it was taken from his bungalow along with other things. Never to be seen again.

[@danielmeadows1114]

That’s sad, I bet it was one of his prize possessions.

[@mekhane.broken9678]

The same thing happened to me and my uncle's knife collection.

[@rcfriscoflyer]

What a guy some of the most bad assed canes i ever saw

[@StainlessIdea]

i love the canes styles!

[@Lucius1958]

I do have one sword cane, from the early 19th century: bamboo shaft, staghorn knob, silver mountings, and a triangular blade with partial bluing and gilding. Another defensive cane, of which I have an example, was the "Penang-lawyer": a slightly flexible shaft, made of a type of rattan which gave it its name ( _pinang liar_ ), with a piece of lead shot for a knob, covered in fine knotwork. A less refined weapon than a sword cane, but still effective.

[@ovel1er]

that is a very cool collection.

[@anythingoldmechanical]

STUNNING COLLECTION!!

[@tonyholt90]

That was really interesting and thanks for sharing !

[@dreamwarriors979]

Thx 4 showing! I love hiding tools or weapons!

[@tadpetrie3464]

The wolf's head cane had to have been the inspiration for the cane Barnabas Collins carried in the show "Dark Shadows" . Although his didn't have the hidden blade, not that he needed it, being a vampire, Barnabas naturally scared people away. the one with the flail is a brilliant idea! As far as the one with the poison, how much you want to bet it was carried by one of the Borgia family?

[@escapetherace1943]

it is much older than 10 years dude

[@TheOriginalKidCoyote]

cool collection!

[@randylizotte]

Hopefully you have washed that glass bike wouldn’t want to accidentally poison yourself Great video short and sweet but still entertaining my fav

[@godrilla5549]

I call mine the non fren bopper, it bops really well, it's just a hammer duct taped to a stick.

[@CaptJohn-fj5is]

Talk about your open carry laws, ha. I can hear it now, " Take that, and that, you bloody bastard ! " Dude that is so cool. I have to use a cane walking, and have several I've collected, but none like these. I'd love to have a sword cane. What I'd really like to find is one that will fire a single shot bullet or 410 shotgun shell. Guess that would be considered concealed carry. About the hidden arsenic and who would such a thing? Well, Moriarty, who else old man ! 🕶️🚬

[@SilasCochran-zq5de]

Awesome collection I Like the Wolf cane

[@thingsofsuch]

The flail was a shock, the arsenic was an amazing discovery. Cannot trust the elderly or disabled, as, they may be neither!

[@nemesisalex9424]

Perfect canes for me when I get older

[@theparalexview785]

For the left handed man, every cane is sinister.

[@seoulkidd1]

When my father served in Vietnam they used to sell canes and umbrellas with a single shot 410 in them.

[@frankmckinley1254]

You Brits should still be carrying those! Excellent protection.

[@fakecelino]

Gee, a former villain talking about some fine cane, how amazing.

[@HarryKhan007]

The arsenic one must have been an old lady's cane, for the guy who gave her the whipping and then tried to protect himself with the sword.

[@gretashapiro4118]

Cool, love to have that collection

[@tonynapoli5549]

Very frightening weapons I like the second one you showed All self defence weapons nice collection 👍

[@waedi73]

Very nice pieces

[@ononespecial2172]

I so interested in the history of these canes especially the first one

[@tasatort9778]

Many individuals carried bladed weapons for self defense; gentlemen/aristocrats would carry pistols, sword canes and the like. So these weaponized canes aren't unusual in the least.

[@Romin.777]

Love it, with perfect fitting music.

[@tsikitas1246]

The music just makes it so fucking better

[@reynaldoflores4522]

In the old days before x-ray scanners at airports, it was so easy to carry these along with you. But you can't get those past airport security screening nowadays.

[@debbiemenges6569]

I have a old walking cane with a sword like the third one. I also have a 2ft gentlemans cane. It has a long pointy sharp "rod" inside. Its handle is some kind of bone carved into a birds head with "rubbies" as eyes. They are both pretty neat.

[@k.m.6559]

The first one with the wolf head is beautiful

[@mokwit]

The poison vial is baffling but all the others are what a gentleman would carry to protect himself against "footpads" [muggers].

[@mayormc]

These were obviously for the gentleman who wished to protect himself against blackguards, plug uglies and ne'er-do-wells. I did find the spring loaded most impressive.