Cheap good canes

Howard Wallace

Howard Wallace

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I recall reading that some of you guys were interested in canes.

I was at the feed store today and picked up a "hog cane" for $11. It's quite strong. I think it's hickory. A good quality martial arts cane, and the price sure beats the specialty canes.
 
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I haven't seen any of those around here, but then I haven't been in any place that might have them either.
I wouldn't mind having one just for grins, save my purty one for walking and hope I never have to use it.
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I need to make myself a Flute Bag that I can carry over my shoulder since I have to carry a Flute with me at all times. And my walking stick having a Flute made into it fits the bill just fine.
Just part of the job description and reponsibility.
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Thanks, Howard. All the old timers I knew when I was a kid who used canes never paid anything for them. My Cherokee Grandmother had a cane she used from the time I was born until she died, 24 years, and she had cut it from a hickory tree and trimmed it down herself. It wasn't the straightest cane in the world but it worked well and was beautiful in an old, crooked sort of way.

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Howard, is it possible to buy one online? I've been looking for a hickory or oak cane in that price range.
 
Jon,

I haven't seen one online. I suggest you try the local feed stores.

I picked up a nice walking stick at the same time. I think it's hickory also. Light and small in diameter but strong.
 
Just realized that though my wife doesn't usually need it, she takes a cane on her daily walks ( she's had a knee replaced ).

She really ought to keep it with her all the time, but forgets it all the time. So why not carry one for her? Heheeheee...

Oh, and Yvsa, this spring I will get that carry permit. Found this picture on gunsamerica and thought I'd post it.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/upload/976104335.jpg

Looks just like my two. (BSEG) Except that one of mine is nicer than the one in the picture, and the other is brand new in-the-original box, unfired with all papers.

Then again I might put an offer in on that one in the picture anyway. Since you don't need a serial # on the license...

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"There's nothin like a good piece o' hickory."

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My old hunting pard, a crusty Maine guide, provides me with 'therapy work' since I can't get out into the woods any more. He keeps an eye out for maple, cherry, oak or apple samplings with curved roots. He drops a selection off for me a couple of times a year and I scrape them down to make walking sticks. A commercially manufactured cane is not as strong as it could be. It's made by turning down sawn lumber, and the grain often runs out the side of the stick. Even strong wood will break if it's fabricated like that. (Yvsa will understand as it's a basic rule of indin bow making, as well.)
My walking sticks are strong...a three-quarter inch to one inch thick staff with 18 to 24 fine growth rings on it is incredibly strong while remaining flexible. "Pry up yer Volkswagen, lady?"
I like the natural organic shapes.
I finish some in oil and some in urethane over the natural bark, often flame darkening the light wood on peeled ones.
I've passed them out all over Maine, and laugh when I see a stranger with one of my sticks.
They make great defensive items, too, and can go anywhere, even airport security lets them by.

Ken

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Ken,

I agree with your comments on the strength of wood depending on the grain. I make walking sticks out of suckers on our apple trees. They used to be pruned back. The water-sprouts or suckers have now grown for a few years. They are straight and make good staves.

I use Yvsa's trick of peeling them, rubbing them down with linseed oil, and putting plastic bags over the end. That slows down the drying enough to minimize cracking. A khukuri makes a good drawknife for peeling. It's pretty good for chopping off the little branches and tips too.

I usually put crutch tips on the end. I also like to use a woodburning tool to put on the user's name and measuring marks.


[This message has been edited by Howard Wallace (edited 04-16-2001).]
 
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