![]() The finest mechanism of release have a cam device holding it locked, where one must twist the handle a half turn to the right and a cam rolls over a spring catch and releases the blade when pulled. Others have a locking device requiring the pushing of a button that presses down on a catch and releases the blade when pulled outward. The typical sword canes are a simple pull out, where one holds the handle in one hand and shaft in the other and pulls, sliding out the blade. There are a great variety of sword canes, not only reflecting, as other sticks, features and defining styles of a particular time period, but also in the decoration, quality and style of their blades and their mechanisms and manners of disguise. Sword canes are canes that contain a concealed blade within a hollow shaft. Today, very few collectors have had the good fortune of acquiring a set of these rare canes. This cane along with two similarly outfitted canes, “La Diabolique,” and “La Redoutable” were so sinister they were outlawed in France shortly after they went into production. One such cane patented in 1883 and aptly named “La Terrible” contained three sets of double razor blades that emerged from its painted metal shaft ripping the hands of anyone trying to grab it. Three of the most diabolical canes known to exist were used by insurgents during 19th-century street riots in France. These fears were apparently well-founded. At one time the French government declared it illegal to carry a cane into a public gathering for fear that any one of them might conceal harmful weapons, including guns. Plain in demeanor with little embellishment, these canes could, with a simple motion such as a flick of the wrist, become a deadly weapon. They are among the most sophisticated and complex of canes as they were skillfully crafted to conceal from view a host of deadly weapons including swords, daggers, flick sticks, and guns. Weapons canes present the more sinister side of the gadget cane and often command the highest prices. ![]()
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