Thomas Steed & Weighted Walking Stick

Thomas Steed, The Angry
Clan: Salubri antitribu (group 2)
Capacity: 4
Disciplines: ani aus val
Sabbat: Thomas may search your library for a melee weapon and move it to your hand as a +1 stealth action. Discard down to your hand size and shuffle your library afterward.

Weighted Walking Stick
Type: Combat
Only usable before range is determined on the first round.
Put this card on this minion and put 5 counters on this card. While in play, this card represents a melee weapon (equipment) that does strength+1 damage each strike. For each point of damage inflicted by this strike (even if prevented), remove a counter from this card. Burn this card when it has no counters. A minion can have only one Weighted Walking Stick.

Can Thomas Steed use his special to grab a Weighted Walking Stick?