Woodspirit Diamond Willow Cane

Super nice cane and carving.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

beautiful cane. You are a very talented carver!

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Very Beautiful Cane!
Great work and good luck at the fair!
Thanks for sharing.

-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio.....

Thanks everyone

-- Bug from Minnesota. Creating Designer Firewood Since 2006

Tom that is a very impressive piece of art! Nice flow and contrast of design.

-- The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. "Helen Keller"

Thanks everyone. I found out yesterday when I was working the woodcarving booth at the Minnesota State Fair, for one of my carving clubs that this cane took 3rd place and my Wifes Roses that I gave her last year as a Christmas Gift took 4th Place.

-- Bug from Minnesota. Creating Designer Firewood Since 2006

Cool! would like to know how you made it and got the colour.
Would you mind if I made a similar one?

Thanks nhsharp.
The white-ish color is the natural color of the Diamond Willow when you peel it. The dark hair and beard of the woodspirit is from the woodburner that I used for the texturing. The darkness and grain of the handle is the natural color of the Butternut once the sealer is put on it.
The entire can is finished with a two-part urethane sealer used for bar and table tops. It is designed to be poured onto the surface and is self leveling so it takes two coats as a lot of it runs to the bottom of the cane, then you have to use a torch to heat it up to get the air bubbles our of it, but the finished result is very very nice, hard, and does not yellow with time. (I think it is called Pour-On, or something like that) I get it from the local Menards store.

-- Bug from Minnesota. Creating Designer Firewood Since 2006