Barnabas' wolf's head cane

Barnabas' wolf's head cane is a fictional item featured in the Dark Shadows television series. It was a stylized walking stick owned by the character of Barnabas Collins, which included a head piece forged out of solid silver. Barnabas maintained few personal affects, but once told Collinsport Inn waitress Maggie Evans that the cane was his "most prized possession".

Though Barnabas was never a physically imposing individual, he did use the cane as a weapon on more than one occasion. In addition to it's usefulness in driving back werewolves such as Quentin Collins or Chris Jennings, Barnabas also used it to dispense punishment against his enslaved servant Willie Loomis. Fans of the series have taken to referring to the cane as the "Willie Beater".

In the Dark Shadows novel series by Marilyn Ross, the cane was revealed to conceal a sword blade. Barnabas, apparently an expert fencer, was forced to use the sword to defend himself against adversaries on several occasions.

In 1990, Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis re-imagined his popular series for a rebooted serial on NBC starring Ben Cross in the role of Barnabas Collins. Cross' Barnabas likewise possessed an identical wolf's head cane.

Appearances

 * Dark Shadows: 221 - Deliberately leaves it behind at the Collinsport Inn so he has an excuse to come see Maggie Evans again.
 * Dark Shadows: 461 - Barnabas has it while talking to Julia about Vicki's memories of the 18th century on the Collinwood terrace.