Owen Sparks
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Check this out!
I found one of these at the mall today and just had to have it.
http://www.baseballsavings.com/customer/category/product.jsp/SUBCATEGORY_ID/28015/refScid/1830
While technically a club, this steel "stick" is in reality a slimmed down baseball bat designed to improve batting accuracy. it is 30" long and weighs 30 oz. The fat end is only about an inch and a quarter in diameter and the grip end is slender enough for one handed control with comfortable non-slip rubber along with the traditional knob to keep it from slipping out of your hand.
By now most of you know that I favor a heavy stick but the problem with a full sized baseball bat is that it is just a little too big and heavy for one handed use. (The minimum weight allowed in the Majors is 31 ounces) This thing is a little lighter than a regular bat and because of the smaller diameter it concentrates its force on a smaller area. If I had to pick the perfect non-edged impact weapon for self-defense I would be hard pressed to find anything substantially better.
Now here is the best part, this is a legitimate piece of sporting equipment. As long as you have the little practice balls that come with it in your vehicle no one can prove that you were not on your way to do some batting practice. I walked all over the mall with it and no one even noticed. If you are carefull you can snip off two zip ties and slide the blister packaging that holds 3 whiffle balls and the instruction card. This can be put back on at any time to give the appearance that it is still new and in the packaging yet you can slide it off as fast as drawing a sword.
BTW, This is the Skilz POWER STICK NOT the 12 0unce Speed Stick.
I found one of these at the mall today and just had to have it.
http://www.baseballsavings.com/customer/category/product.jsp/SUBCATEGORY_ID/28015/refScid/1830
While technically a club, this steel "stick" is in reality a slimmed down baseball bat designed to improve batting accuracy. it is 30" long and weighs 30 oz. The fat end is only about an inch and a quarter in diameter and the grip end is slender enough for one handed control with comfortable non-slip rubber along with the traditional knob to keep it from slipping out of your hand.
By now most of you know that I favor a heavy stick but the problem with a full sized baseball bat is that it is just a little too big and heavy for one handed use. (The minimum weight allowed in the Majors is 31 ounces) This thing is a little lighter than a regular bat and because of the smaller diameter it concentrates its force on a smaller area. If I had to pick the perfect non-edged impact weapon for self-defense I would be hard pressed to find anything substantially better.
Now here is the best part, this is a legitimate piece of sporting equipment. As long as you have the little practice balls that come with it in your vehicle no one can prove that you were not on your way to do some batting practice. I walked all over the mall with it and no one even noticed. If you are carefull you can snip off two zip ties and slide the blister packaging that holds 3 whiffle balls and the instruction card. This can be put back on at any time to give the appearance that it is still new and in the packaging yet you can slide it off as fast as drawing a sword.
BTW, This is the Skilz POWER STICK NOT the 12 0unce Speed Stick.