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A swordstick was a cane that contained a sword blade within it. Generally there would be a cover over the blade that was designed to appear to be a normal continuation of the wood of the cane; when a lever or catch was pressed, the cover would come off and the blade would be available for use. Clement Koudelka had a particularly fine one that had been given to him by Cordelia Vorkosigan.

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  • A swordstick was a cane that contained a sword blade within it. Generally there would be a cover over the blade that was designed to appear to be a normal continuation of the wood of the cane; when a lever or catch was pressed, the cover would come off and the blade would be available for use. Clement Koudelka had a particularly fine one that had been given to him by Cordelia Vorkosigan.
  • The name shikomi-zue is actually the name of a type of mounting; the sword blade was placed in a cane-like mounting (tsue), to conceal the fact that it was a sword. These mountings are not to be confused with the Shirasaya mountings, which were just plain wooden mountings with no decorations. Some shikomi-zue also concealed blinding powders, metsubushi, chains, hooks, and many other things. The shikomi-zue could be carried in public without arousing suspicion, as no one expects the frail old man with a cane to be a threat until it was too late.
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  • A swordstick was a cane that contained a sword blade within it. Generally there would be a cover over the blade that was designed to appear to be a normal continuation of the wood of the cane; when a lever or catch was pressed, the cover would come off and the blade would be available for use. Clement Koudelka had a particularly fine one that had been given to him by Cordelia Vorkosigan.
  • The name shikomi-zue is actually the name of a type of mounting; the sword blade was placed in a cane-like mounting (tsue), to conceal the fact that it was a sword. These mountings are not to be confused with the Shirasaya mountings, which were just plain wooden mountings with no decorations. Some shikomi-zue also concealed blinding powders, metsubushi, chains, hooks, and many other things. The shikomi-zue could be carried in public without arousing suspicion, as no one expects the frail old man with a cane to be a threat until it was too late.
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