Personal Security Products OHTT Ole Hickory Tire Thumper

I walk with a pitbull roughly 3 miles daily. My neighborhood has changed drastically over the years and the FB page for my city is constantly post pictures of stray dogs hoping to maybe notify an owner. We were attacked the other day by a shephard mix about 60 lbs. Trying to kick it in the head while it is trying to grab my dogs throat was a bit more exercise than I was wanting. My Internet search led my to this fish whacker. I named it Billy and he now accompanies us on our walk. Has a nice smooths finish, looks like a souvineer youd pick up while camping and hopefully will scare off a dog without killing it!

What a disappointment. First this thing is cedar not hickory. It has bends and curves which isn’t a deal breaker however the Diameter of the business end is a scant 1”. Much to wimpy. The handle is About 5/8”. Not large enough grip for a man. Maybe better for a child or woman’s hand. Even the leather lanyard is child size. Totally misrepresented Save your dough!

Im a kayak angler and I ordered this to be my on-board fish whacker. Its a simple and humane way to put the fish down and harvest quality meet. I knock them over the head knocking them out or possibly killing them, then I cut the gills and bleed the fish in an ice slurry. This way the fish suffers the minimum amount and I get clean white blood free meat. I also have an ikejime set on board but thats a lot more work, just knocking them over the head and bleeding the gills is simple and effective. And it floats! This was important to me, I read the questions before buying and it wasnt answered. I looked up hickory wood, it does have an appropriate density to float on water, but I wasnt certain this product was 100% hickory. I still cannot attest to the hickory composition but I am delighted to report that it does float! Testing it floating was my first order of business on the water today. And it was excellent for thumping fish! Its solid, heavy, not too heavy, looks great, feels great, and bonks em real good. 10/10 would recommend.

The strap needs revision not high quality like the club itself. Beautiful wood finish.

Very tough and sturdy Tire Thumper. Great for truck drivers.

Nice solid piece of wood

The stick is a little smaller than I thought it would be. Less than one inch in diameter, the length is good eighteen inches.I like to walk in the woods bought it for protection coyotes sighted in area an inch to an inch and a half would of made me feel better. Being a petite female a little more heft to the stick would of made me happy.Other than the diameter it is a nice stick, just for $20 I expected a little more stick ....lol

Feels very sturdy and looks good, too. Nice heft for the size.

We had a terrible experience with Pepper Spray that DID NOTWORK when a dog got loose and came after our dog. Found this, which is something I would use in a second, and have handy; the speed of a bad dog (or person probably) catches you off-guard; but this in hand ready to go is great. I would not be afraid to use on anything trying to hurt our dog (or me). Makes hubby feel better too about our/my safety. I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK the reviewer who mentioned a GREAT idea learned in her self-defense class which I have done with my Old Hickory Just a recommendation/idea, of course. BUT was suggested that if you put a sock on the end of Hickory, if someone/dog grabs end and pulls, THE SOCK COMES OFF instead of it getting grabbed from you. Now, so I dont look like a psycho to my neighbors, I even have a poop bag over the end of it, so it looks like Im carrying poop bags and not a club! I wrap the strap on wrist, then the handles of two poop bag I hold & stroll. A little pricey, but I like him (not sure how it identifies!!!) LOL Hopefully Ill never had to report how it worked; but people cant control their dogs all the time, or loose dogs, or the one that got us charged out his house screen door. Anyway, if you use it for tires, bet it works great!

Tiny.