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Old August 8th, 2004 #1
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Default Axe handled walking stick.

The Mountain people of Oman and Poland both use a unique axe-handled walking stick.A coincidence that two separate mountain peoples, have developed the same type of unique weapon.

In Poland it is the Ciupaga, in Oman it is known as the Jerez.

http://www.basicrps.com/links/ciupaga.pdf
http://www.ksafe.com/profiles/p_code5/20.html

As a weapon for defence it requires the art of axe handling, and the lighter skill of fencing. The Polish Ciupaga has a spear tip for impaling an attacker whereas the Jerez has an unsharpened ferrule - the Ciupaga spear best suited as a walking stick point for ice conditions in the Carpathian Winter , the blunter ferrule of the Jerez being better suited to the softer sand terrain of the Musandam .

The Gorale (Polish mountain folk) and the Shihuh/kumzari tribals of the Musandam (mountain region of Oman) are both renowned for their independent ways, and fighting skill. The Jerez / Ciupiaga being a tool used to hook a rider off an horse or crack open a skull with ease.

The Portuguese, Ottomans and British who all tried to colonise Oman, failed - the only arab state that has never been colonised . The Gorale in the Carpathian mountains of Poland have also been resistant to occupiers over the centuries.

Despite the lighter weight of the Jerez, I can confirm it is still a useful tool to have when hiking on foot in sandnegro country - for tapping scorpions and other unwelcome wildlife'.

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Old August 8th, 2004 #2
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Here in the country snakes abound and a good walking stick is a good think to always have in the back of your truck, when you go out in the hills.
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Old August 8th, 2004 #3
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Even here in redneckville a huge stick can get you in trouble.

About 6 years ago there was some drunks in an S-10 that squealed their wheels in front of the cops.

These guys was in a black S-10 at midnight 50 feet from a series of local roads leading to the highway, not to mention how common S-10’s are here.

The cops just yelled at the guys and motioned for them to come back, to which they did.
And one of them had an Axe handle stick like mentioned before.

He said it was for walking, the cops said around here we beat people with sticks like that, needless to say the 3 cop cars and the S-10 disappeared into the night never to be seen again.

When the cop comments that your stick is for beating people then confiscates said stick and then drives off in the opposite direction of the Jail with you in cuffs with your whoopin stick by his side, it is never a good sign.

So yes local laws apply.
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