Asian Style cane

Keith a great looking design.

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Keith
it came out great … and the little movie is great

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Sure looks good to me. Do I recognize the wood in the handle?

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

That is pretty cool.

It looks like the dragon is inlaid. What are the materials and how did you do it? Is it free hand carved? How did you do the cylinder inlay?

Gary, You sure do recognize the material. Thank you for sending it to me.

coloradoclimber, the shaft is walnut, the handle is sycamore, and the inlay is maple. I used commercial veneer for the inlay and just bent it to fit. It was a moderately slow process, but it worked out great. To do the color I sealed the inlay before I did the ebonizing, so that if I got some on the inlay I could wipe it off. It worked out great, and I barely got any on it anyhow. Of course the color did bleed through under the tape onto the handle so I had to fix that. Like I said, the coloring was a PIA. You can see the cane without finish and color on my latest blog.

Thanks for the comments guys.

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Very cool cane it came out great

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Beautiful cane. Love the Asian symbols.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Great you made this! The measure.. Imaginative.. Dragon made in marquetry, is beautiful!

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Thats a pretty! Beautiful job buddy! Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Fantastic!!!

Man that really turned out beautiful!

You are a versatile craftsman, unbridled.

I bet this client is blown away!! Thanks for the view…..................Jack….....................

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Thanks for the post of the amazing cane, I wish I had one.

-- -Jon

Really pretty craftsmanship ! If you run short on materials , I can help you out with some of our local stuff -

-- rob

Hey, very nicely done! Now if you can make a design that’s less of a PIA, you can price them for profit. The natural wood colors would also keep the labor down.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Very nice work Keith.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python