Everyone does this...

[kandrathe]

Besides pole fighting won't do you much good since you can't generally fit a 6 foot steel pole in your pocket, at least conveniently heh.

Your post reminded me of an incident that happened to a friend of mine while we were at university together. I had met this guy in a student organization called "Conflict Simulations Association" which was an amalgam of war gamers, RPG players, and those who are actual "fighters". He was in ROTC, and had an interest in medieval combat. Anyway after a training event some punks tried to mug him on his way home. He was still wearing his chain mail armor and had a 4-foot broad sword strapped to his back.

I still chuckle when I think about those kid’s jaws dropping, stunned, when he drew that sword and them running from this mad knight. :D