Going away present.

**Mr. Kilt** · 22nd December 07, 03:16 PM

Last week Karen and I got together with a few friends from work for a going-away drink. I was blown away with the gift they presented me, a gorgeous blackthorn shillelagh from Canes Canada. How cool is that?

I learned something new with this gift, too. I was always under the impression that a shillelagh was an Irish walking stick. I was wrong. It's a short "club" that Irishmen carried with them on walks to fend off predators, 4-legged as well as the 2-legged varieties.

**McMurdo** · 22nd December 07, 03:28 PM

That is nice, Canes Canada you say? Hmmm wheels are spinning.

**Bugbear** · 22nd December 07, 03:31 PM

Congratulations, don't put anyone's eye out with that.

**Clockwork John** · 22nd December 07, 03:41 PM

OOOOHHHHH.... I gotta get me one of those. I've contemplated keeping a tire knocker or a mini baseball bat in my trunk, but a man in a kilt weilding a shillelagh would be much more imposing.

BTW, I love the kilt in the background. What tartan is that?

**Big Mikey** · 22nd December 07, 05:29 PM

Very nice gift Al. And you should be thrashed with it! Now I've got to get another job to pay for MORE accessories!

**Tattoo Bradley** · 22nd December 07, 05:32 PM

Man... there's gotta be a pun in this somewhere. Paging RetroRed... paging RetroRed...

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 22nd December 07, 05:35 PM

That is quite the gift!

**Mr. Kilt** · 22nd December 07, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

That is nice, Canes Canada you say? Hmmm wheels are spinning.

Thanks!
http://www.canescanada.com/
They have quite a selection of goodies there. Hide your credit card when looking at the site. I had to.

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

Congratulations, don't put anyone's eye out with that.

I doubt that an eye could get put out, but I bet it would leave one heck of a shiner on someone! The root-knob at the end is HUGE! LOL

Originally Posted by Crusty

OOOOHHHHH.... I gotta get me one of those. I've contemplated keeping a tire knocker or a mini baseball bat in my trunk, but a man in a kilt weilding a shillelagh would be much more imposing.

BTW, I love the kilt in the background. What tartan is that?

It would certainly keep the "HEY, nice dress!!" comments down for sure. It's very heavy and quite well balanced.

The kilt is a hand made tank in Irish National tartan, made by a former X-Marks member, Southern Celt.

Originally Posted by Big Mikey

Very nice gift Al. And you should be thrashed with it! Now I've got to get another job to pay for MORE accessories!

LMKAO!!

**Paul Henry** · 23rd December 07, 03:12 PM

the traditional way of carrying them, is concealing them up your coat sleeve, with the heavy end in you hand, when meeting the enemy.. you let the stick slip, catching the thin end and "swinging" it very hard, suffice to say that the inertia is enough to crack a skull....
so please be careful...