Osage Orange Barley Twisted Walking Cane with Walnut Handle

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This cane has been “SOLD”.

Welcome Surfers:
If you are surfing looking for a special walking cane on the internet, go toward the bottom of this posting where you’ll find a list of canes that I have built that are ready to ship immediately. Also, there are links to several more customized canes that have already been sold to give you ideas for your own commissioned cane.

You can reach me by emailing to:
mark@decoustudio.com

Or you can visit the DeCou Website

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This is a cane I built from Osage Orange, a wonderfully hard, and dense wood, but with a look unlike any other. The twist style is called a Barley Twist.

This wood is interesting, in that when it is first milled, it is a bright, almost flourescent, looking yellowish color. If you set the cane in a window and let it absorb some sunlight for a few days, a wonderfully rich amber color develops. I like them both ways, and they seem to sell quickly.

The handle is Kansas Black Walnut

There is a brass Ferrule tip, with a replaceable rubber tip.

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More Walking Sticks & Canes:
If you go to my Mark DeCou Website you won’t find very many canes pictured there. I do realize that I need to invest in improving my website, but until that is accomplished, here are few more of my canes posted at lumberjocks, thanks for your patience.

Handmade Finished Canes For Sale, Ready to Ship Now:

ETSY.com Online Shop Inventory: Click Here to Visit my Cane Inventory Page

1. Folk-Art Carved Wood Spirit Hiking Stick, Serial N0. 2009-06
2. Folk-Art Carved Pirate Face Cane -Serial No. 2005-16
3. Folk-Art Carved Mountain Man Face Cane -Serial No. 2006-03
4. Fancy Barley Twisted Ebonized Oak & Elk Antler Cane, Serial No. 2009-05
5. Rustic Natural Walking Stick, Nanny McPhee Movie Inspired, Serial No. 2009-07
6. Fancy Dress Cane, Curly Ambrosia Maple Handle with Black Spiral Shaft, Serial No. 2008-21
7. Fancy Dress Cane, Walnut Bamboo Inspired Shaft, Buffalo Horn Laminated Handle, Serial No. 2008-23
8. Scrimshaw Artwork Walnut Cane -Serial No. 2008-08
9. Red Oak/Black Lacquered Twisted Cane -Serial No. 2008-14
10. Red Oak Barley Twist Walking Cane -Serial No. 2008-15
11. Walnut Ball-Top Dress Cane -Serial No. 2008-06
12. Walnut Cane with Chrome Ball Knob -Serial No. 2008-20
13. Carved Thumbstick Hiking Sticks with Composite Malachite -Serial No. 2008-24

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New Cane Designs that are “In the Works” waiting on customer approval

1. Barak Obama for President 2008, Carved Bust Top Political Figure Collector Cane
2. Folk-Art Walking Cane with Carved Face of Christ, in Figured Bubinga, Antler Handle
3. American Eagle Carved Walking Cane for an Injured Iraqi War Air Force Veteran
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Folk Art Face Carved Canes

1. Folk-Art Smiling Wood Spirit Face Cane w/ Elk Antler Handle
2. Folk-Art Carved Wood Spirit Hiking Stick
3. Folk-Art Pirate Carved Face Cane w/ Deer Antler Handle
4. Cartoon Character Taz, Folk Art One-of-a-kind Art Cane
5. Sculpted Wood Spirit Face Cane
6. Folk-Art Wood Spirit Cane w/ Elk Antler Handle & Scrimshaw
7. Folk Art Mountain Man Face Cane
8. Shamrock Wood Spirit Irish-Theme Face Cane
9. Walnut Wood Spirit Face Cane with Antler & Turquoise
10. Collection of Face Carved Canes
11. Moses-Inspired Face Carved Cane w/ Antler & Turquoise
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Native American Indian Theme Folk-Art Canes

1. Apache Chief Geronimo Folk-Art Face Cane
2. Folk Art Native American Face Cane Set
3. Apache Chief Cochise Folk-Art Face Cane
4. Folk Art Carved Cane of Shoshone Chief
5. Indian Guides Chief Big-Red-Cloud Hiking Stick
6. Apache Chief Cochise #2 Folk-Art Face Cane
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Other Hand Carved Folk-Art Canes/Sticks

1. Shepherd's Stick, Carved Border Collie Welsh-Style Dog Show Trial Stick
2. Carved Oak Leaf Walking Cane with Scrimshaw Artwork
3. Amazing Grace Music Notes Carved Cane
4. A Lady’s Elegant Red Long-Stem Rose Carved Cane
5. Prairie Fire Hand-Carved Hiking Thumb Sticks
6. A Folk-Art Carved Albatross Head & Snake Walnut Cane
7. Carved Folk-Art Walking Cane; 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' Story Stick with Scrimshaw Artwork
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Scrimshaw Artwork Canes

1. Scrimshaw Art Trophy Buck Deer Head
2. Scrimshaw Art Walking Cane: Praying Mantis Insect
3. Scrimshaw Art Walking Cane: Floppy Eared Bunny Face & Walnut Barley Twist
4. Big & Tall Barley Twisted Oak with Scrimshawn Handle
5. Walnut & Curly Maple Cane with Scrimshaw
6. Scrimshaw Art Walnut Cane
7. Fancy Barley Twist with Scrimshaw Cane
8. Lady's Dress Cane, Red Oak, Walnut, Black Lacquer, & Scrimshaw Artwork of a Purple Cone Flower
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Natural Sapling/Limb Canes/Sticks

1. Folk-Art Carved Wood Spirit Hiking Stick
2. Nanny McPhee Movie-Inspired Crooked Walking Stick
3. Naturally Twisted Tree Sapling Cane
4. Naturally Twisted Tree Sapling Walking Stick
5. Shepherd's Crook Hiking Stick
6. Black Locust Tree Sapling Walking Stick
7. Red BirchTree Sapling Hiking Stick
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Fancy Barley-Twist Style Dress Canes

1. Fancy Barley Twisted Ebonized Oak & Elk Antler Cane, Serial No. 2009-05
2. Big & Tall Walnut & Maple Barley Twist Custom Cane
3. Big & Tall Red Oak and Antler with Scrimshaw Monogram
4. White Oak Barley Twist Cane
5. Osage Orange Barley Twist Cane
6. Walnut & Figured Maple Barley Twist cane
7. Black Walnut and Spalted Sycamore Barley Twist
8. Red Oak Barley Twist with Black Lacquer
9. Red Oak Barley Twist with Walnut Handle
10. Dress Cane, Oak Barley Twist with Walnut Ring
11. Bryan's Cane, The Start of my Cane Journey
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Fancy Dress Style Canes

1. Coiled Ribbon Twisted Spalted White Oak with Walnut Handle
2. Polished Black Steer Horn Upright Walking Stick
3. Mexican Bocote Wood, Elk Antler Handle with Hand-Wrought Fine Silver End Caps
4. Fancy Walking Cane, Camphor Burl, Maple, Bubinga, Whitetail Deer Antler, Inlays & Silver End Caps
5. Custom Dress-Up Walking Cane, Walnut shaft with a Camphor Burl Handle
6. Walnut & Buffalo Horn Twisted Cane
7. White Birch & Buffalo Horn Twisted Cane
8. Walnut Bamboo-Style Cane with Chrome Ball Top
9. Walnut & Buffalo Horn Dress Cane
10. Bird's Eye Maple Cane
11. Spalted Sycamore Walking Cane
12. Walnut Tall Knob Top Opera Cane
13. Zebrawood & Walnut Knob Top Opera Cane
14. Dress Cane Set, with several Material Options Shown
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What is Scrimshaw Artwork?:
A Scrimshaw Art Journey: What it is & How to Do it; Five Simple Steps to Success
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Click here to go to My Website page with Walking Canes

I have a few canes in stock at:

1. Hatman Jack’s Wichita Hat Works in Wichita, Kansas
2. Hutchinson Art Center in Hutchinson, Kansas
3. Prairie Past Times Antiques & Crafts in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

You can contact these gallery stores directly and see what they still have in stock. They will ship to you if you buy something. If you prefer, you can also email me, as I keep fairly current on what is “unsold.”

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Background: My Cane Making Story:

I enjoy sculpting walking canes. Some folks call them Folk-Art Canes, while others call them Artisan Canes, some call them Carved Canes, while others call them Walking Sticks. There is quite a bit of argument about whether something should be called Sculpture or Carving. They could be considered Functional-Art, which is the type of work that I am usually drawn to. No matter what these canes are called, they seem to bring joy to the owners, and I have been asked to make quite a few of them in the past 5-6 years.

I started making canes on the request of a nice married couple I met on a church-building short-term mission trip to Mexico City in the early 1990’s. Several years after our trip, their son-in-law was diagnosed with bone cancer, and so they wanted to get him a specially made cane that he would enjoy using. They had heard from others that I had quit my corporate office job and started doing woodworking full-time. So, they contacted me to make his cane.

Sadly, I also built him a casket, another first for me, about a year later

Since the time I did that first Cane for Bryan, I have enjoyed the work on the canes that I have been able to make, but more importantly, the people that I have been able to meet and help along the journey. I do make a bunch of unique items and furniture, but without a doubt, I receive more correspondence and thank-you cards from cane customers than any of the other items I make, combined. So, they are fun for me to build, and I look forward to each new person and situation.

To keep a handle on all of the memories, I engrave a small serial number on each brass cane tip, and then I keep a detailed database log of each cane, customer, and situation. The list always brings me warm memories each time I scan it and remember the folks that have supported my work over the years, and vice versa.

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Still Want to See more of my work?

Start with each of these links, and they will take you to other organized lists of my other niche products:

1. Custom Knives
2. Custom Art-Furniture I've Built
3. Artisan Hat Making Tools

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-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan