She was allowed to continue her trip, but without the cane. Sword canes were a popular form of self-defense carried by gentlemen in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the well-to-do often needed to ...

In the Victorian Era, “canes were an essential part of gentleman’s attire.” At least that ... spy who ambled around with a cane that had a sword hidden inside of it. In the 1960s, every ...

Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston's Logan International Airport discovered a sword inside a traveler's cane. At first glance, the cane looks completely normal, but twisting ...

In the early 18th century, if countless portraits of the time are anything to go by, gentlemen frequently carried ... from dress canes, decorative canes, defence canes and memento mori to sword sticks ...

The Port Authority Police arrested a man going through security at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on May 10 with a cane concealing a sword. "The TSA officer who was staffing the x-ray ...

The murder weapon, a cane sword; this is the first case of such a blade being used to kill somebody. The murder weapon, a cane sword; this is the first case of such a blade being used to kill ...