User blog comment:Inept Wiki User/Cosmos in the Lostbelt: Post-Prologue, Pre-Anastasia Information & Speculation/@comment-4616657-20180327163507/@comment-4802891-20180327183211

And I agree to this.

My only issue is the fact he (Rider) is putting emphasis on that piece of wood he is carrying around so it HAS to have some relevance to his character. So far, I have found no one thinking of a piece of wood as a valuable weapon.