Cold Steel Irish Blackthorn 37" Walking Stick | High-Impact Polymer, CS91PBSZ

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The Blackthorn bush is found throughout Ireland and the British Isles. It has been prized for centuries as a material for premium walking sticks. The original Blackthorn sticks were 2 to 4 foot long Irish shillelaghs (the national weapon of rural Ireland).

In expert hands, the shillelagh was so fearsome that during the final occupation of Ireland, the English outlawed it. To get around the law, the Irish turned the shillelagh into a 3-foot walking stick. The English didn’t want to appear unreasonable by outlawing walking sticks too, so the Irish kept their modified shillelaghs and the world gained a beautiful and functional walking stick known simply as the Blackthorn.

Cold Steel made the effort to obtain and sell authentic Blackthorn sticks over fifteen years ago, but the venture turned out to be disappointing, and not because the sticks didn’t sell well. It was because Blackthorn is difficult to come by and since it’s grown and not manufactured, it is somewhat inconsistent in quality. Cold Steel’s recent forays into injected moulded polypropylene products have yielded some impressive results and now they have produced a new polypropylene Blackthorn that has all of the advantages of real Blackthorn and none of its pitfalls.

Cold Steel's Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick is inspired by an authentic Blackthorn from Cold Steel President, Lynn C. Thompson’s private collection. It was copied carefully, and then artfully modified to a point where it not only mimics nature but actually rivals and supersedes anything the natural world could produce! If nature had fashioned the most perfect Blackthorn stick, and you were lucky enough to come by it, Cold Steel's Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick is what it would look like.

It’s a superb faux Blackthorn stick, and since it’s injection moulded from polypropylene, it will never warp, crack, swell up, or splinter and is easy to maintain with a little soap and water.

Cold Steel Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick Specifications:

  • Weight: 28.2 oz.
  • Head: 2 3/4"
  • Material: Polypropylene
  • Overall: 37"
  • Thick: 1" (Base) 1 3/8" (Neck)

(CS91PBSZ)

SKU CS91PBSZ
Model # 91PBS
Barcode # 705442007227
Brand Cold Steel
Shipping Weight 0.9230kg
Shipping Width 0.065m
Shipping Height 0.065m
Shipping Length 0.975m
Shipping Cubic 0.004119000m3

Cold Steel Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick

By: on 30 November 2018
I had been looking at these for a while but every time I was ready to purchase they were out of stock. When they came back in stock I bought one and was not disappointed. It has a nice feel, well weighted and looks great. Certainly one of the best purchases I’ve made from Extac.
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