This is a walking cane that I am building for a woman in Conneticut.
These photos are meant to show her my progress, and check the conformity with her ideas of what she wanted.
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Specifications:
The wood is black walnut
The handle is Curly Ambrosia Maple, stained “red mahogany.”
The Inlay is Synthetic Ivory, and will get a Scrimshaw picture of the customer’s pet dog, “Cassie.”
The bottom tip will be a lathe turned and polished yellow brass tip, with a replaceable rubber end.
There is no finish applied at this point.
Total Height, 33”.
Carried in the left hand.
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Concept Sketch:

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Progress Photos:
I had some trouble with getting the camera to give me an accurate color photo this morning, so lots of photos here to look at it.
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Thanks,
Mark DeCou
www.decoustudio.com
(this text, photos, and product design are protected by copyright, M.A. DeCou 4-27-2008, all rights and privliedges reserved)
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10 comments so far
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 124 days ago
Mark;
Looks real good.
Nice sketch also.
Lee
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Scott Bryan
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posted 124 days ago
Mark,
Again this is a beautiful cane.
Thanks for the post.
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dlcarver
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posted 124 days ago
Beautiful of course Mark ! What is the difference between a right handed and left handed cane?
Thanks for posting !
Dave
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John Gray
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posted 124 days ago
Beautiful job!!! Could you do a step by step of how you do the twist on the cane?
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 124 days ago
thats really nice. did the person like it? just like John Gray said it would be nice if you could do a step by step on putting the twist on the cane. Thanks for the post.
jockmike2
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posted 124 days ago
Yea, give us your trade secret, how did you twist that hard wood anyway? Aww, c’mon Mark, that is a beautiful cane, that lady aught to be real happy. A very nice DeCou! mike
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Betsy
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posted 124 days ago
Another great one Mark! I could use the talent you have in your pinkie!
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 124 days ago
Wow!
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DAN
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posted 123 days ago
nice work Mark… very precise
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darryl
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posted 120 days ago
the shape of the handle is great on this cane.
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