New Cold Steel Walking Sticks: Axe Head Cane, Ten Shin, And More - Preparedmind101

Walking, Hiking, Messed up legs, knees, and ankles, Self Defense, harvesting, climbing, crossing streams, defending against aggressive pokemon...There's lots of reasons to have a good unbreakable walking stick. Cold Steel is about the only game in town when it comes to this kind of thing. We look at my new favorite (The Axe Head Cane), the Steven Seagal Ten Shin, and the Irish Blackthorn Walking Staff.
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[@terrancewilhite9260]

I have a three year old cold steel walkabout, love it. I keep behind my door at home and in my van when I go out. My regular walking cane is deadly but I have developed a system of strikes with this walking stick that gives me more confidence. I am 70, broke my back in service, lost left leg in mc wreck. I figured that an old Vietnam vet can not and will not be a victim.

[@ceddyville]

I am an experienced camper/survivalist with Sickle Cell Anemia. So the idea of an unbreakable walking stick is a great find for people like me.The irony is that I am watching this video while in the hospital.Thanks for the video!

[@T.Q.]

Cedric Green Hope you're feeling better now. Did you get one of these sticks then?

[@ocrackovillan75]

Cedric Green praying for you brother, would prepared mind be willing to send one of those one to Cedric Green? please guys! :)

[@ksa5128]

Cedric Green good health Godspeed friend!

[@heathschwab]

Cedric Green prayers for you hope your filling better. I'm Disabiled had to quit using the cain due to I have to bend over just little hurts to bad. So I'm looking for a walking stick. Really like and pray you got you one. God bless

[@fearthespear4242]

praying for you brother

[@TheUtahDrifter]

My friend you are still a youngster- I'm 80 closing hard on 81. So this is a very working stick. I need one of there.

[@laterdudesaint]

I just stuck a hatchet head on a length of ironwood , works fine .

[@SirNomad]

I've been looking all over for a length of ironwood long enough to use as a walking aid (staff or cane). I live in the frikken Sonoran desert, and still can't find some desert ironwood that'll do the trick! :-\

[@BlueOx2277]

I have the blackthorn walking staff, fits my 6'3" frame almost perfectly. Light & very comfortable in the hands. 👍🏻

[@CanadianPrepper]

I want one, it should be called the pain cane. Very entertaining commentary as usual.

[@preparedmind101]

Oh, that Axe Head Cane is the Pain Cane for sure! You hook someone with that thing it hurts like a Mo-Fo. Was browsing around and saw United Cutely has a knock off of the Ka-Bar TDI Self Defense Cane ($100!) in this material for about $40-ish. Also very pointy but more of a shepards crook traditional style. I'm not old enough for on of those. Will stick to the AHC.

[@randyyeager]

very entertaining...i wouldn't buy any of those walking sticks...but yep...very entertaining...lol

[@CanadianPrepper]

+PREPAREDMIND101 I like the hook aspect for grappling, Im definetly getting one. Also the cane makes a great gray man prop.

[@embaradosmithingandwoodcraft]

the Irish don't call it a pain Cain they call it a SCHLALEE and as far as I know its the original fighting cane

[@martybreeden6116]

I have "several" Cold Steel Walking Sticks/Canes. Some of them my wife even knows about!!🤣 Great review as always Chris! I'm a retired Cop and my back is trashed...and I LOVE carrying the NOT SO OBVIOUS weapons!

[@Gorinbronzehammer]

Thank you Chris for doing this vid,,,I indeed have a bum leg due to a construction accident and have been walking with a cane for about 15 years now...the cane I have been using for the last few years is the Cold Steel African Walking Stick and I love it...the two new canes that have caught my attention is the Axe cane and the Walkabout...so again thank you very much

[@thomasmorse6692]

I'm a couch ninja myself. Not so much with the feet but the hands are like lightning after watching a kung fu movie. Especially walking through the house to the bathroom. Then it's time for a nap.

[@grippymcjimping6740]

Thanks Chris. You literally made me LOL like three times. You were all fired up & animated! Good stuff, much appreciated.

[@andrewjohnson410]

Five weeks out of major back surgery-six titanium screws and rods in my lower back. I also have bad knees and sore shoulders. You just sold me on this axe-head cane. We shall see.

[@marioabellanosa4616]

Dude ... you busted my stitches and earned a sub. The spontaneity of comic materials rained on you like mana from heaven. Thanks for putting humor in this serious world of preparedness.

[@DeanLogan]

Now you just need a walking stick that has a Jessica-X hidden inside of it.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

> implying Jess X can't be used as a walking stick

[@DeanLogan]

Gunner193 A new Jess X video!! Make it so.

[@kpw528]

The only people who could use Jess X as a walking stick would be Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister from GoT) or Vern Troyer (Mini Me from Austin Powers). Or kids, but most sane people don't trust kids that small/young with insanely sharp bladed implements like Jess X.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

kyle_429 Hey, psst... that's the joke.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

josh spradling Your arteries, properly cured and tanned.

[@muddog1561]

I teach cane defense, that axe head is too long for you, but if that's how you like it that's what matters. The video you mentioned about the Segal stick might have been mine, when used correctly as a weapon, the handle does get in the way of your wrist and interfere with swinging it correctly.

[@ocrackovillan75]

I agree it isn't the wrong way on but it for use on a boken, is completely in the way it makes recovery so heavy also, that alone is enough without the snagging on the wrists with upward paddle slashes ect...

[@stephenmaloney776]

I currently own both sizes of the blackthorne walking sticks. The original 38", & the new 59" walking staff. I love them both!!

[@CeroToTheFace]

I own the Ten Shin and it's a BEAST. Totally indestructible and in people it really does make them think twice.

[@troymcdonald9795]

Those knots n the staff are put there because they cause More PAIN they focus the hit to a small area! It works!

[@ALOutdoors]

For someone who uses a cane a lot I appreciate you doing this video to give me some info on these canes ty Chris

[@FeArhsma21]

Thank you so much Chris my Dad's has a real problem with his balance sense he was diagnosed with MS in 1998 that's why he retired from the Navy! He is a big fan of cold steel i just ordered one thank you! He doesn't like to use any type of assistance, but has gotten to the point where he doesn't mind a cane! :)

[@FeArhsma21]

Hey Chris he has been using that cane for months now and he loves it, he also loves getting compliments everywhere he go's about it too, it's his go to cane now. Thanks man if will make his life better knowing he has MS it will make me feel better knowing he has it so he can also protect him self if the need ever arises, your friend Ben

[@roysmith7087]

Shortened down, you can carry this in pairs as less than lethal tomahawks. Used at length, you can reach things or climb with it like an ice axe and wraps and loops

[@TheStratman007]

I bought the Dragon Cane. I had a near death fall, spent 3 1/2 months in the hospital. Okay, I broke everything. So, I hated the CVS, and Chinamart crap, so I bought the CS Dragon Cane. Well, one day (I'm 61, and was in Chuck Norris shape) I'm out at the local university wearing my NRA hat. Some young buck slapped it off the back of my head. I turned around, and he kept coming running his mouth..until I took the head of my cane, and the dragon teeth bit his tool bag REAL hard. He bled, and took stitches. Now this old an earned everyone's respect. To be completely honest, I've been a martial artist since 1967, but I'm in NO shape toruna anymore. That fall F**ked me up pretty bad. The Then Shin is an awesome solid walking stick..a most formidable weapon too! Thanks so much for your time and video.

[@Krusherdawg]

Good self defense option, like the axe head cane. Bet it would launch those cicadas pretty nicely as well.

[@mikebenoit6648]

Hope you get well soon Brother Chris

[@earlelzy9975]

I have one of those that I got from a friend for my birthday after my hip replacement.

[@CanadianCuttingEdge]

I really enjoyed this review. I have had 13 knee surgeries so I know a bit about needing a cane. I had a nice Irish blackthorn but it got stolen from me at a restaurant, you know one of those places where at dinner hour they darken the place a bit to make it feel romantic etc, anyway, some idiot from the next table took it form me and by the time I was aware they had been gone for 15 minutes or more. Anyway, I am 5-11 and the perfect height cane is 36 inches for me, the way the medical professionals tell me to use it.(use one that is too long and you screw up your shoulders over time) So one of these can be good for guys into the 6 ft range.

[@NitroCigarette]

''I don't know where it is anymore.'' Sometimes that's the best excuse, haha. new toys. :p

[@notsofatpeiceofsht8535]

watching this video while disipering into the night to do ninja shit

[@mmgross144]

My favorite of your videos! Your sense of humor cracks me up! I plan on buying a few of those sticks/staffs.

[@mmcss1155]

Chris, if you have access to a ban saw you could cut the sticks to suit you.

[@oleconn9167]

I'm only 35 but I just had my second abdominal surgery to fix hernias from the first one almost 13 years ago and I have a torn l5 s1 disc that's pushing on a nerve that goes down my left leg. Thank you for the review you've definitely earned my subscription and I appreciate you.

[@MikeBrownOhio]

You made this video for me...LoL...I just hade surgery this past Friday on my legs...Not sure what will happen with my back yet...Surprised only 642 people liked it...Might look you up the next time I'm in Columbus...I'm just south about sixty miles or so in Chillicothe...Have a great day Chris and Will...

[@jhanks2012]

If it's good enough for the man Steven Seagal himself it's good enough for me! What an absolute legend!

[@adamm3492]

Legendary idiot

[@IrishZombieNation]

This was a good one Chris. It takes a lot to get me to laugh during a KZbin gear review video but you got a chuckle out of me on this one. Plus I do actually have a bump leg so I could use one of those,

[@derekstynes9631]

The "Knobs" are called Black Thorns from the Irish Blackthorn tree not surprisingly ...

[@roadhandviking4228]

have had 3 , yes I said 3 knee surgeries. DEFINITELY gonna look into the Axe head stick. thanks for the info

[@samuelmorado70]

Hello from Lubbock Texas . Love your humor . Very entertaining

[@ajvilla8919]

Hacksaw and use a hot piece of metal to smooth out the stumps and edges they leave behind for the blackthorn staff protrusions. A bit laborious but well worth the effort if you want to wield it like a fighting staff...

[@brandona.6337]

Great vid Tanner ! And yes I'm the guy you were pointing at with the bad wheel lol😝!! 12 surgeries later and over $250k I could use a nice walking stick but I digress ,

[@Bruva_Ayamhyt]

This man got so furious at that cicada lol

[@jackpmeadows]

Liked the change of pace. Like when you "go crazy". But I LOVE your flashlight and knife reviews. They are why I keep coming back.

[@craigharding475]

Great commentary. I think those "bugs" are actually "Tree Frogs" looking for a date.

[@pacificfirebrush]

It just occured to me, that if you worked at it just a little bit you could do a wicked Tony Stark impersonation. I just got the Axe Head cane, it really does rock.

[@missionoutdoorsITM]

When you want to do a shoot in the buggy woods, take a can of Yard Guard with you and fog the entire area first. Boom💥 no more bug noise!

[@o.ggarcia9827]

too see what kind if crazy ass toys they have. best line around

[@williamgale8056]

Short Bo Staff I'm at that point where needing a cane. Don't because, like you said, looks like a CVS cane.. never thought about something like this. I'm in urban area so was looking more along self defense minded cane.

[@edgblades]

Funny stuff. I'm glad you reviewed these! I've had my eye on the Axe Head for a while.

[@blondbowler8776]

That staff is about the right length for a field handgun rest. I use an aluminum one.

[@Renaldo135]

Cold Steel...those guys really do make affordable good stuff for the working man. Love their stuff.

[@rickparton5649]

I need a cane from time-to-time so I really appreciated this review. I found Your wit and silliness very entertaining! One of my favorite reviews ever, Keep up the good work!

[@kipperwhite2976]

Walking stik can be carried places where nothing else can be! TY 4 video was lotta info !

[@honorb4glory606]

I made a cane with a ball handle out of a young ash tree. It's nearly unbreakable, and would easily cause a compressed skull fracture. You don't need to buy one.

[@richschwartz8004]

I have the Coldsteel dragon walking stick. I had to resize it to use it as a cane but it works great. Bonus it's TSA compliant. I used it when we went to the Philippines and it was never questioned any place I went. Other than everyone thought it looked cool.

[@tellurianamystic9424]

I had a wooden one from Thailand, exact same design. Only ever got compliments and took it on planes all around SE Asia. No problem. U.S. made me stow it with luggage and put an ugly orange tape on it.

[@kevinray8867]

I Watched your videos years ago and wondered where you went.

[@garyshields2734]

The long one. Use it to plunge it into the solar plexus or sideways between the ribs(pain). The opponents strike zone had just shrunk dramatically. The length of the arms plus the length to the stick is about 7.5-8.5 feet. He'll grab at it so the edges at the bottom need to be sharpened.

[@joeframo3347]

It's very cool and it's a great idea for people that are older for self-defense I like it

[@andychase7693]

Test the Cold Steel Sword Cane. THAT would be awesome!

[@preparedmind101]

I'm seriously considering it (The Heavy Duty Sword Cane).

[@thevideostump46239]

Dude! Chris that is as slick as slick!!...

[@deanshields2481]

love my ten shin its with me when ever i walk

[@johnfneal486]

s Cane Cold Steel Steven Seagal Ten Shin While together on a research trip, Steven Seagal showed our company President one of the prized pieces in his collection - An oversized custom walking stick of his own design called the “Ten Shin”. This work of art was custom made of the finest exotic hardwood, but over the years it had weathered. Lynn immediately saw the potential in making a modern polymer replica of this unique design. One that wouldn’t age, crack or splinter. As a Martial Artist, Steven has spent decades using Bokken, so when it came to designing a walking stick, he incorporated elements of Bokken design into a unique “crook” topped stick. Lynn said “As soon as I saw that stick, I immediately ‘got it’. Steven had addressed so many of the issues associated with crook top designs, and added so many elements that become immediately apparent to any student of the fighting arts! It’s a functional crook cane, but it’s also an amazing tool for the modern Martial Artist. Whatever style you study, from walking stick defense, Japanese sword arts, stick fighting, tomahawk fighting, and even bayonet training, this design flows into everything!” As Steven is a very tall individual, the Ten Shin is the largest offering in our walking stick series. Featuring the symbol for “Ten Shin” - literally “Heaven Mind” or “Walking the Sacred Way” - a phrase of great personal significance to Steven, and an honorific title passed down to him from one of his closest Instructors, this is an unusual walking stick imbued with true warrior spirit.

[@juliusgonzo7527]

OMG, I LOVE your noise interference schtick !!!

[@okikumma]

You are cool. I bought the plain walking stick, unbreakable.. l’m a retired cripple cop and appreciate your video.

[@demonspeeding8355]

i use a cane because of a car accident and when i saw the axe head i really loved it. i need a cane as a matter of fact and it looks like it can come in handy if someone messes with me. thanks for posting. i really do have a bum leg :)

[@garenkinoguhyt7088]

You might want to check out the unbreakable umbrella as well it can be used as a walking cane and an improvised weapon

[@mbaja25]

Truly one of your most entertaining videos.

[@howardl5059]

I'm always on the lookout for cool canes. Blew out my knee and it still acts up from time to time.

[@allanlundy3090]

yes Chris I have a plate and 10 screws in my right foot so this video was helpful and interesting since I use a cane ty for doing it 3 times

[@MrKeldar00]

So classic. This is the most hilarious, yet useful, video EVAAAH!!! 😂

[@curlywolfone]

I love your “Smack something Test,” thing.

[@thorin693]

I use the 20 inch boat bat as a tire thumper or head thumper if necessary.

[@strangemoonshine5257]

Haha, I didnt even notice the cicadas. I lived in the south my whole life till 3 years ago.

[@SGTPROVO]

Hey Chris, another great video bro, I just got back from the doctor's office, got a shot in each knee, and he recommended a walking stick, your video couldn't have come at a better time. Kudos to Will for the Bushcraft idea too, at 67, I ain't climbing anything anymore. You guys ROCK the House, all the best. Paul

[@CottonBoxer]

i have the dragon stick. young, old, male/female love it. always stop me to say how cool it is or ask me where i got it from. i don't tell them though lol. i do say if i wanted to be like everyone else i would not get what i do. lol

[@petermost4421]

I just ordered the gunstock warclub, can't wait for it to arrive

[@outdoorsjoe1]

love the walking sticks especially when you are carrying a heavy pack! The vids are cool keep it up!

[@johnprice5784]

An ebony knobkerrie stick is perfect ( not the Cold Steel plastic bed end cross table leg ) , a modern one will do as you can crack coconuts with them , break an arm , poke prod and jab but most of all... they work as a proper walking stick that is easy to hold comfortably which is very important if you are disabled like me . I use two bought from eBay for twenty quid each , both with a snookerball sized head and both with a swollen diamond hatched grip at the top of the shaft and retained on my wrists by a leather thong . If you just want a " Survival staff / stick " to play with then those others are fine but if you really need something you can use and lean on ( I am over 220llb ) but also defend yourself well with ( and legally here in the UK ) then go for the ebony one every time .

[@cujothedogofwar]

Greetings and salutations. Disabled vet, Marine, Sailor, Guardsman, yada yada. Multiple skull injuries, 8''plate and screws in my lower left leg, numb from knee to past where the ankle split, migraines and headaches every day. I have a cane collection I'm building slowly. I have the Cold Steel Axe Head, C.S.'s original polished wood model that's now polypropyline, the original double edged CS sword cane-small strips for just enough friction replace the ridiculous O-rings, A BENT outside tube of the small, City Stick diameter CS cane with the spike came from simply swinging it at a baby snake. My two other canes are both the Ka-Bar aluminum aircraft alloy, as I understand. I got both when they first came out at $80 each. One is scarred a bit, one pristine. There is great knurling at both ends if it needed to be held to use to block, the hook is deceptively larger and perfect for a leg sweep! The end of the hook is discreetly not flat ended. It has a tip running to an edge that is close and thin enough to act as if it were sharpened without that fact being given away if someone's on the ground bleeding from his fall! The only drawback could be the extra weight over other canes, but for someone like me who has to have my cane right next to my leg it strays less from my numb leg! I'd say the best, automatic reaction to being challenged with the Ka-Bar cane in a parking lot, would be the good old American baseball bat swing to the head and neck with the hook end until he rocks till he drops!

[@mikenest4]

I have been looking at these in the catalog too. Thanks for the great info. Keep doing what you do. I will own a JX4 soon!

[@frankcastle1272]

I make canes for veterans and everyone I make must hook well and have a point. the lower portion I ensure it has a twist or nubs n bumps or even edged. canes can be carried on planes legally. the only negative of walking with a cane is evil doers may target you. the tension walking cane's bladed end is on the wrong side

[@buffordevans6942]

I just ordered the Tin Shin the whole concept behind the cane is it's a practical unsuspecting dare I say (HIDDEN) weapon !!

[@allyouneedisluv53]

To me a tactical cane is like open carry. I like old school plain cane for an element of surprise.

[@ignaciogarciafleury8540]

Man those meltdowns! We all felt them brother! Too funny

[@stevelewis7263]

In Britain you'd get arrested for carrying one, here a blind guy got tasered by police who mistook his white stick for a SAMURAI SWORD

[@ThatBeardedWhiteGuy]

It depends on the skin color tho, if you're brown and got a long beard they even offer you a knife and a girl to rape.

[@BlackRifleSurvival]

I can already see Kydex sheaths and whatnot getting made for these to get Jessica listed. Ha. Cool options for sticks, and a whoopin.

[@kentmooney54]

I have used the walk about as a cane for the last year and I really like it. I need a cane everyday due to motorcycle wreck. By the way as long as it didn't have a cutting edge and is used as a medical device you can carry it on planes etc due to the ADA. They can't take it if your using it for its intended purpose. (Which is a cane).

[@dwightehowell6062]

My favorite is a walk about walking stick. I did get a rubber tip for it.

[@nissanlord]

I dig that long stick. way cool

[@dan9002]

Sounds good Chris. Cold Steel has a nice shop and very helpful people in Ventura California. They have expanded there cane and walking stick lines. Good information Chris. 💪

[@kydd666]

great timing with this vid, my father has no cartilage left in one of his knees so every time he moves the bones contact. Up here in canada the surgery is free but they told him he is too young to have it so i wanted to get him one of these but i didnt see too many reviews where thet wack it off of stuff

[@magicdaveable]

I have a stick similar to that last one. The difference is that I made mine from a small maple tree. My maple "walking stick" is 62" long but I am 6"1' so it fits. I use it often because these 68 year old bones need steadying sometimes when hiking in the woods or even while in town going to the feed store.

[@mightyexplorers4835]

Feel like I just watched a tactical cane infomercial. Very entertaining

[@MyREDTAIL]

Great for A Disabled Old Man , that likes to go walking through the Mall, with a do not Mess with me Attitude, You think.? The TEN SHIN Looks good for me.

[@smithnjefferson]

Good review Chris, one of your most entertaining yet at least, glad you kept it together till the end, I live in a headspace similar I think, almost daily. Something that you might want to try is a 10-12 foot aluminum pike pole. I use one almost daily for keeping balance through regular triangulation or like a horizontal high wire balancing rod. You can use it like a fire pole for softer landings from high places or for vaulting gaps. You can push and pull with it and it even floats. I had a friend make one about 8 feet long and fill it full of rock salt giving it a substantial weight for powerful spiking and hard glancing if ever required. At my job I wear spiked boots and a life jacket working on log booms, these poles are excellent in so many ways to assist body movement and increase abilities. Taking one out in the woods would certainly be interesting. The pole packed with rock salt would do a number on that archery target although it's much better and useful as a normal light weight pole with a sharp point to spike and a hook to grab.

[@zednotzee7]

I've been considering getting a Cold steel walking stick for a while I have to admit. I have a knee that plays up now and again, so it would be useful. I'm quite interested in the African Walking stick they do.

[@tokyojapan6734]

Thanks Chris Great videos. Change is good.

[@bowlofrice8]

in the woods i usually uae an axe or a long stick with a 6 prong frog gig on one end i often use to pick nuts and poke snakes as a walking stick. your climbing comment reminded me of using my axe to hook and climb numerous times i would rather carry an axe in the bush but for town i see the value.

[@joysonnek8772]

Joy Sonnek. Nice to have one.

[@mikebenoit6648]

Nice you met Master Steven Segall

[@mudpawsvoom6132]

I've been in Filipino stick fighting called arnis and I got a hand made Cain made from iron wood extremely hard to cut and or break and now I see these new canes come out or excuse me walking sticks I think they're a great idea, I am going to get one or more, good video thx .

[@marcoflores2278]

Self defence stick I liked!!👊

[@gregwright392]

I playing with the idea on getting the Blackthorn.