When in his career did he start he start using them and why did he pick them as his weapon?

no clue but that is a good question, Like I know that Shiva told Tim that she would train him in 1 weapon and he picked the bo staff which is primarily not a lethal weapon. But I don't know why Nightwing uses his escrima sticks.

It could be related to him working in Bludhaven as a policemen with it's similarity to police batons

I've been wondering this as well. They just started showing up everywhere. However, I believe they're left over from his time in the circus. IDK, think I read that somewhere.

I think he started using them in NIGHTWING YEAR ONE

I think he started using them in NIGHTWING YEAR ONE

@richardjohngrayson said:

@Squalleon said:

I think he started using them in NIGHTWING YEAR ONE

I don't know if t hat was w hen t hey first appeared. I do however feel like it was Chuck Dixon who introduced them to the Grayson mythos.

Searched and i think that they first appeared in issue 1 of Nightwing in the COVER lol

I rea@richardjohngrayson said:

@Squalleon said:

I think he started using them in NIGHTWING YEAR ONE

I don't know if that was when they first appeared. I do however feel like it was Chuck Dixon who introduced them to the Grayson mythos.

I read those not long ago I think, I'm gonna look for the exact scans....

@Squalleon said:

@richardjohngrayson said:

@Squalleon said:

I think he started using them in NIGHTWING YEAR ONE

I don't know if t hat was w hen t hey first appeared. I do however feel like it was Chuck Dixon who introduced them to the Grayson mythos.

Searched and i think that they first appeared in issue 1 of Nightwing in the COVER lol

The 1996-2009, right? Or the 1995 one? IIRC it was the first issue of the 96 ongoing

@KnightRise said:

@Squalleon said:

@richardjohngrayson said:

@Squalleon said:

I think he started using them in NIGHTWING YEAR ONE

I don't know if t hat was w hen t hey first appeared. I do however feel like it was Chuck Dixon who introduced them to the Grayson mythos.

Searched and i think that they first appeared in issue 1 of Nightwing in the COVER lol

The 1996-2009, right? Or the 1995 one? IIRC it was the first issue of the 96 ongoing

The 1996-2009!

He actually used the during his time as Robin, specifically being first seen using them during Robin:Year One. He briefly split from Batman and joined the Vengeance Academy under Shrike(The first Shrike, not Boone) during which he was shown using an Escrima in a break in of Two-Face's hideout(which marked his first time using the weapons)

So we are led to believe he learned the basics from Shrike, and as the above scan says mastered it under Bruce.

thank god someone asked this question, as a Nightwing fan I was afraid I would get laughed off the planet for not knowing.