Concealing a 2 foot baton?

So it is perfectly legal wear I live to have and carry and conceal a baton. I am wondering if anyone in here has any ideas on good ways to conceal a 2 foot long baton on your person without a bag? I have thought about a yoga bag or such but there are a few stores that ask that bags be left at the front counter due to theft of store products. and bags are a hassle to carry and such. I am wanting to stay away from expandable batons and just focus on straight batons.

I am being 100 percent legit in asking this question so please can we stay on topic and such.

Outside of putting a baton down a pant leg or such I really cant think of any way to conceal one. So I am asking you guys.

Thanks

 

What Simon said; can you open/conceal carry a firearm where you are?

There are backpacks available from firearms manufacturers which have a storage compartment in the bottom, and the panel is secured by velcro, permitting quick and easy access. Something like that might be available for your baton.

 

Telescopic baton for the win.

 

That seems like a fairly terrible idea for a concealed weapon, anywhere you carry it that's surreptitious is going to take about a month to retrieve it from.

 

All these posts and not a single innuendo? For shame MAP, for shame.

 

You can shove it right up yer...

Sleeve.

 

Unless you have trained EXTENSIVELY in an FMA system then don't as a two foot baton is not going to avail you much - An Extendable has a construction advantage and more "wallop" to it, so get one of those if you insist on carrying a baton.

 

If I wanted to carry a baton 100% it would be collapsible with a holster.

 

Here is a link to a study done on batons and their effectiveness.

Kinetic Energy Transfer Based Upon Police Baton Designs

Thanks for the input like I thought not really any good way to carry a baton unless it is expandable. I had thought of a long jacket and such but in summer and such that does not work.

I have had to many bad experiences with expandable batons to want to carry them anymore.

 

Let me guess - you bought a cheap one right? As someone who uses and has used batons regularly - both martial and vocational - the collapsing one is the better option, but it has to be one that is a GOOD collapsible

Get as ASP

 

Or a solid walking cane - same result and you don;t even need to conceal it

 

When you say use them how often would you say you use them? I have heard from people in security and police officers that even ASP's and Monadnocks break or fail to deploy or such. I would spend the money on an ASP if I knew it would last and such.

 

Guns jam, sticks snap, knives break....ASP at least guarantee their equipment for life

This year's is coming up 20 as an LEO, and I have used ASP, Monadnock PR24, Arnold and some others...ASP beats all IMO

But if you don't train in FMA it's pretty much just a lump of metal

 

And you won't be using it 1/10 as much so failures of deployment will be very low

 

What happened?
Did it fail to extend? Or would it not go down afterwards?

 

Both, also have had ones where the end shaft came out of the baton. I have also had ones that after a few hits I had to "reset" the baton by opening it again cause the friction locks had loosened. Now yes I have a tendency to "play" with them by opening and closing them allot. Doing forms with them and such. I do realize that if you just keep it in its holder till you need it, it would not be wore out. But with all the issues I have had with batons and all the issues I have heard people talk about them online I really do not like them.

Also there is some issue with how light expandable are vs non-expandable batons. I have linked a study in an earlier post in this thread.

Now take this story with a grain of salt because it is a story a guy told on the internet. But on another forum this guy had an issue with an expandable baton a true ASP bending when being hit with a baseball bat when he was working security. Another time he had a straight stick made of Cocobolo hardwood and had a similar incident with a lead pipe and all that broke on his baton was the leather strap.