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Sheesh! I need a name for my White Cane (self.Blind)
submitted by crunchtime80
OK, I'm legally blind since suffering a tbi 10 months ago. Now doing a lot better and getting out more. I got a nice folding cane for airports and public places but hardly used it till recently. I've finally accepted the fact that I need it so use it wherever I go. Mostly it is my friend but when people make comments it still frustrates me.

So, here's the deal, other blind folk strongly recommend that I find a good name for this cane. Any input or suggestions?
jofish22 5 points 3y ago
Oh this is fun.

I feel obligated to suggest Sticky McStickFace, but I don’t really like it.

You could run with a bitchy theme and call it Karen, “because it’s white and tells you where to go”.

Elsewhere you mentioned you liked Excalibur but were thinking of a female name: I could see Athena, who was the goddess of war and knowledge and the like. Or Miriam who in the Jewish tradition “ just as Moses led the men out of Egypt and taught them Torah, so too Miriam led the women”, which could work...

I looked up the (British) Queen’s scepter: one of them is “The Sovereign's Sceptre with Dove, which also has been known as the Rod of Equity and Mercy” so... Rodney?

Various directions there. Hope one strikes your fancy.
crunchtime80 [OP] 2 points 3y ago
Thanks, you struck my funny bone and that is a good start!
gumbygirly 3 points 3y ago
I’d go for a famous reference, like I named my hamster Splinter (TMNT) because he is a famous rat and my Roomba is Rosie (Jetsons) because she is a famous housekeeper robot...

Now we just need to think of a famous “stick.” Maybe a sword, broom, wand, or other item?

If you are a Game or Thrones fan there are some cool sword names: Needle (if you are a girl this could be especially fitting since it was Arya’s), Oathkeeper, Longclaw, Widow’s Wail, and Heartsbane.
Unknown_990 2 points 3y ago
OMG! naming a cane?? LOL.
Ph4nt0m_Hydra1 2 points 3y ago
m a u r i c e
DrillInstructorJan 2 points 3y ago
Mine are all called Mister Pointy, after Kendra the Vampire Slayer's favourite stake. But I got rights on that. To their faces I tend to call them "You bloody thing" as the elastic breaks or goes saggy or whatever.
Unknown_990 1 points 3y ago
I like that name. 'Mr pionty'..lol
Cptn_dropbear 2 points 3y ago
vastabat inclinata

Latin for swinging destroyer
crunchtime80 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
lol! love it!
YourLocalMosquito 2 points 3y ago
I’m certain I’m not original - but King Arthur’s sword was called Excalibur and that would be a cool name for a cane.
crunchtime80 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Thanks! Excalibur has some kick to it. I'd been trying to think of the right girls name but not coming up with anything that sounds right yet.
Carnegie89 1 points 3y ago
I call mine light saber
crunchtime80 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
That's a good one - thanks.
AlexDalcourt 1 points 3y ago
Try something that starts with C, those names can be feminine but very pretty!
Candace, Camilla, Charlie, Cecilia, Callie, etc.

Or go for something that translates to its description,
In Greek, "white" is λευκό (pronounced- Lefko) but you could paint the name onto the cane to make it more personal and Greek is very pretty!

Choose a language you like, then a word you want to express, and find a feminine sounding name through it!
mantolwen 1 points 3y ago
My fiance is a wrestling fan, so his is called Glenn (after Glenn Jacobs the wrestler whose character is called Kane)
ABlindManPlays 1 points 3y ago
Edward Worthington Sticksworth III. Or, Stick.
Cptn_dropbear 1 points 3y ago
I call my walking stick

Sir Horrice the gummy of the black forest

It is a 200 year old walking stick head/handle is carved into a German dragons head but like me is missing half his teeth on one side.
crunchtime80 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
lol! I'll add that one to my list of options.
Cptn_dropbear 1 points 3y ago
Looked up a fantasy name generator from war hammer for weapons here's what came up

Windwalker.
Scarlet Fury.
Thundersoul Spirit.
Baneful War.
Guardian of Time-Lost.
Memories Moonlight.
Defiler of the Void.
Warden cane of Dismay.
Oathbreaker.
Wind-Forged Titanium Spire.
Soul Infused Titan Sunflare.
Reaper of Executions.
Might of the Shadows.
Cloud scorcher of Blind justice
crunchtime80 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Oathbreaker - maybe you're onto something.
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