Custom Fancy Cane #079: Black & White Ebony

Meilie,

Excellent solution in the transition and a beautiful piece of wood for the handle!

Lew

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Fantastic restoration. A great looking handle and cane.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Nice work mmh.

-- Everyday above ground is a good day.

Beautiful cane, great repair! I may throw my knee braces away and start using one of your canes since they look so good ;-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Great work Meilie. Thanks for sharing!

-- Benji Reyes, Antipolo, Philippines, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Benji-Reyes/88321902103?ref=ts

Beautiful work!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

I make canes, too, and the transistion between handle and shaft is always a concern.
I have succeeded in making the handle flow nicely into the shaft, but when it becomes a problem, especially when try a new design, instead of struggling, I will often make the transition point more interesting.
Celebrating the connection between the two, actually drawing attention to it makes the problem disappear.
You did a nice job on this repair.

I agree, repairs can be more difficult than making a new cane.
It’s sometimes that way with chairs, too!

Regrards,
Don

-- The best things in life aren't THINGS.

Beautiful handle! I have admired your other beautiful pieces also. I gotta ask…where do you buy the black & white ebony? That stuff looks amazing!

-- Mike P., Arkansas, http://mpounders1.blogspot.com

You did a wonderful job, and what a piece of wood for the handle, a beautiful piece.

-- Dan Wiggins

Here’s one source for white ebony

http://www.exoticwoodgroup.com/order_black-and-white_ebony.htm

Pretty wood!!!

Don

-- The best things in life aren't THINGS.

Wow look at that grain pattern, love it!!!

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug

That is a beautiful handle.

Super work

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Don, I agree with you on the collar design and if I did it again, I think I’d consider a much more stately collar, but at the time I was a bit frustrated with not making the shaft the way I usually do on my canes. I usually make the top part of the shaft about 1”-1.5” thick and this was about 3/4” diameter that I had to work with.

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exotic looking … almost reptilian

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