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Old Jun 25, 2013 | 2:20 pm
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Originally Posted by WillCAD
From the photos, I'd guess that the cane is 1.5"-2" in diameter and about 3'-4' long (around 4-5cm x 92-122cm). A solid lucite rod of that size actually would be every bit as effective a weapon as a solid oak rod of the same dimensions.
I had to look up that Lucite is actually just plain PMMA.

PMMA's density is below 1,20 g/ccm. The dimensions you gave would make the cane less than 2400 ccm, ie. below 3 kg (that's below 6,5 pounds for Americans) - and that's at the upper estimate levels.
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