I've a Missouri Walking Stick (mother-in-law is in Columbia, & wife was born in Sedalia) that I got on a trip there when I broke a toe walking barefoot in the apartment (wrought iron breakfast nook chairs & table) in the dark, at night trying to go to the W.C.
Looks a lot better than a cane (made from a knarled & twisted branch of a tree that has a 90 degree bend, naturally) and I keep it handy, just in case.