Cold Steel Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick

Cold Steel Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick

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 molded polypropylene products has yielded some impressive results and now we have produced a new polypropylene Blackthorn that has all of the advantages of real Blackthorn and none of its pitfalls.

Our 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, our Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick is what it would look like. It's a superb faux Blackthorn stick, and since it's injection molded from polypropylene, it will never warp, crack, swell up, or splinter and is easy to maintain with a little soap and water.

Due to high demand around the World for Cold Steel swords and knives it is not always possible for this brand to keep up production with the sales around the World. Premium quality knives and swords are not mass produced, therefore we strictly offer all Cold Steel products on a delivered when available basis. If you require a faster delivery service please check availability as this item  may or may not be in stock. For this reason we are unable to offer a refund or exchange on on all special order items.

Key Features:
Traditional Blackthorn Style
Virtually Unbreakable
Injection Moulded Polypropylene
Easy To Maintain

Specification:
Weight 29.3oz (0.80kg)
Head 2¾" (7.0cm)
Neck Thickness 13⁄8" (3.5cm)
Base Thickness 1" (2.5cm)
Material Polyproplyene
Overall 37" (94.0cm)
Specs may vary slightly from piece to piece