Hah,

just got an E mail from a member on one of the E mail groups who I have known since we were kids and the bugger said
" A hundred quid for a titanium pointy walking stick, are you mad or loaded ? "
I E mailed the bugger back instantly to point out last time he visited a few years ago he was waving his newly bought Wilkinson Sword survival knife around that cost him £200.
£200 for a very useful tool but still with only a 10 inch extra reach compared with a steel tipped titanium pole over a meter long, go figure

AND, Yes AND ........ all together now................ The pole is perfectly LEGAL even in town.

I think he landed on his head once to often when he was a Para