History:

In November of 2014 Buffalo, New York was at the center of an historic lake effect storm event that crippled our region. Homes were buried up to their gutters in snow, highway traffic was at a standstill for over an hundred miles with people stranded for days, schools were closed for up up to a week. While shut in during this storm, I was reflecting on the success of our Daniel Floyd model baton and how to make that concept work for a person with a thumb larger than 3/4" which gave me the idea for the Lake Effect handle.