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Connected to, and sometimes overlaps with, [[Parasol of Pain]]. Compare [[Combat Haircomb]].
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* Zhukovsky has the gun variant in ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''.
* In ''The First Great Train Robbery'', Edward Pierce uses one to defend himself when two thugs try to mug him in a part of Victorian London's seedy underbelly.
* One of the first scenes in ''The Assassination Bureau'' is of a man pretending to be
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* In one of [[Agatha Christie]]'s [[Tommy and Tuppence]] stories, Tommy (who is pretending to be blind to win a bet with his wife) has one concealed in his fake "white stick" in one of the tales in ''Partners in Crime''.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Harry Dresden has ''two'' of these. One is an authentic 19th-century sword cane that's been prepared to be a focus for magic, useful for moving around without drawing attention and as a backup magic-focusing tool. The other is {{spoiler|one of the Swords (capital "S" there) wielded by the [[Knight in Shining Armor|Knights of the Cross]];}} the latter is actually a ''shirasaya'', a type of Japanese sword that, when sheathed, looks just like a long, somewhat curved walking stick.
* In ''The Wrecking Crew'', [[Matt Helm]] fights a man wielding a
* Syme, the protagonist of ''[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]'' carries one, mostly because it fits with his sense of living a life of whimsy and adventure, although he actually does know how to fence. The author, [[G. K. Chesterton]], also carried a
* In one of the [[Father Brown]] stories, {{spoiler|the solution hinges upon the murderer using a sword cane.}}
* Doctor Talos in ''[[Gene Wolfe|The Book of the New Sun]]'' turns out to be armed with one of these.
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== Web Comics ==
* {{spoiler|Adrian Raven}} in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has this, but carries it only when expecting serious trouble.
* [[Badass Grandpa|Thaco]] from ''[[Goblins]]'' has a variant. There's no element of concealment; his [[Dual-Wielding|two swords]] lock together so he can ''[[Mundane Utility|use
* [[Handicapped Badass|Blind]] Terezi Pyrope from ''[[Homestuck]]'' turned her walking cane into one at some point during her session.
* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', [http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue3/ib059.html Caspian has one, but doesn't always have to draw the blade].
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