"Dia de Muertos" cane

[Randy]

Well Done mpounders! Nice looking cane. I have made a number of hame top canes and while it is a bit top heave. like you I think of it as a attitude adjustment instrument. And I find it very comfortable to walk with. .

[Brian T]

The diamond willow shop usually makes canes in batches of 50. They can spend a month drilling the crap out of the diamonds and another month sanding.
I need my cane for balance so I don't tip over. I suppose an old door knob would feel good. Anybody with arthritic hands must have a terrible time
with the standard skinny cane handles. They must really hurt.

[mpounders]

Old door knobs make nice handles also. I have some that are white porcelain, black , and some brass ones with interesting patterns. They are very easy to attach to a stick, very comfortable to the hand, and very sturdy.

[Brian T]

My cane is diamond willow with a flat handle part broader than a chunk of banana.
Nice to lean on (and I can't see it flex at all when I do.)
Just thinking the other day that I should have a look and maybe buy a second one (serious geezer discount, too).
I feel like less of a basket case than with a hospital-style cane made of bent electrical conduit.

[mpounders]

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

It is mostly knife, skew, and v-tool, but I use a diamond bit a lot for the lacing and a sanding cone to smooth things out before burning. It is too easy to chip things out on smaller details and I thing the sanding gives it a smoother leather look.

[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!

[mpounders]

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

I've seen it both ways.

[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

[Merle Rice]

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

[neilE]

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

[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.

[Arthur C.]

Mike that is a beautiful cane, understated, clean.

[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.

[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.

[pallin]

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