"Dia de Muertos" cane

[mpounders]

I have always liked the images associated with this Mexican holiday where people pray for the spiritual journeys of friends and family who have passed on. This is a crepe myrtle stick that someone pruned and I snatched it out of their yard trash several years ago. The handle is a brass hame, used on harnesses for draft animals, and it is very comfortable in the hand and makes a tremendously strong handle. The crepe myrtle is a little hard to carve, but hold details well. The design is based on elements from leather working patterns. Thanks for looking!

[Tom Ellis]

That is realy neat Mike, almost too nice to use..............Tom

[Soggy]

That's nice!... a real "eye catcher"...........
Thanks for sharing

[scotia carver]

Nice work Mike
Bruce

[joepaulbutler]

That is some great detail, Mike, well-done sir. W#here did you get the hame?

[pallin]

Dia de los muertos = Day of the Dead (a Mexican holiday)

[mpounders]

That is some great detail, Mike, well-done sir. W#here did you get the hame?

I can't remember, but it may have been the woodcraft shop.

[Brian T]

That's a cane I'd be proud to walk with. There's lots of clean carving to look at.
Is the hame sort of heavy? I wonder what an engraver could do to it.

Source: In this district, I see those kinds of things in farm stores that have lots of horse tack.
Oddly, the best stores are not here in the valley, but in the city.

[Arthur C.]

Mike that is a beautiful cane, understated, clean.

[carver33]

Beautiful job on the carving!. The only suggestion I have is to see if you can find some oval head screws to replace the flat ones. I think they'd look better.

[neilE]

I really love the job that you have done. quite classy.

[Merle Rice]

Hi Mike , You done some great Detail Carving, and ended up with a Beautiful Cane. One to be very Proud of. Merle

[Magicman]

Hi Mike
That is some mighty neat carving. One question did you happen to use a high speed carver for the detail work? Beautiful job.
Larry

[mpounders]

Dia de los muertos = Day of the Dead (a Mexican holiday)

I've seen it both ways.

[mpounders]

That's a cane I'd be proud to walk with. There's lots of clean carving to look at.
Is the hame sort of heavy? I wonder what an engraver could do to it.

Source: In this district, I see those kinds of things in farm stores that have lots of horse tack.
Oddly, the best stores are not here in the valley, but in the city.

It is a little heavier than some wooden handles, but not uncomfortably so when I took it for a test drive. I like doing canes that are sturdy enough to be used defensively and this one would sure raise a knot on someone's head!