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(cholla cactus skeleton), $1 ironwood pelican, and $1 braided leather bolo tie; |
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This cane, made by attaching a claw foot from a piano stool to the end of a pool cue, was purchased for $10 at a yard sale. It originally had a broken glass ball in the claw. I replaced it with an obsidian egg ($3) from a local rock shop and tied the turk's head knot with wrist strap from a piece of leather thong. |
| Here's a cane made from a bamboo handle from a shoehorn ($6 at the thrift store). It was attached by means of a steel rod, epoxy glue, and a brass pipe collar to a 3/4 inch walnut dowel. The handle originally had a brass ring attached to the top. Removing the ring left a hole which was covered by a coin from Panama which I bent to match the curvature of the handle. |
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A minniature wooden duck decoy and a cane with a broken handle purchased at thrift stores for around $3 were the materials used to make this cane. |
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| This cane was made from a, quite substantial, fiberglass salt water fishing rod ($1.25 at the thrift store). I cut it off just below the upper hand grip, epoxied a piece of 1/2 inch aluminum rod in the hollow shaft, and covered the threaded stump with the cup of a brass candlestick. Then I cut off a 5 inch length of the butt end of the rod handle to use as the cane handle. It required epoxying a 1/4-20 bolt into it's center, cutting a hole in the upper hand grip, and drilling and tapping a hole in the aluminum rod at its center. The handle was then screwed and epoxied in place. Finally, I turned a piece of aluminum rod to fit the socket at the tip of the cane shaft and epoxied it in place. |
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| I use this as my utility cane for working in the yard. It's a $2 putter from the thrift store. All I did was to cut it to the proper length for me and put a rubber cane tip on the end. |
