Note: For an additional cost, you may also order a cane made from the following woods: walnut, cherry, hickory with heart, pure hickory heart, or pure walnut heart. Please e-mail us if you wish a cane constructed from one of these woods and we will respond with the additional amount needed.
Note: All canes come with a rubber tip unless otherwise indicated.
Full Dimension Canes: All canes in this category have a round shaft from 1-inch to 1-1/8 inches in diameter and as such are the strongest sticks. It must be noted that as material is taken away from the cane, it will loose some of its integral strength./
Shaped Shaft Canes: The shafts of these canes have been reduced by about 1/3 of the size of our full dimension stock, and therefore are not as strong but they are still stronger than any "drug store" cane. With the edges that have been created, they are great for working pressure points!
Descriptions (from top to bottom) of wood types in the image below:
1.
Pure Hickory Heart: A naturally
occurring dark pigmentation of the hickory tree that comes from
the center, or "heart" of the tree. The color can range
from a dark honey to a rich mahogany.
2. Hickory w/ Heart Wood: As the term would suggest,
this is a combination of the light hickory and heartwood. Mother
Nature does a magnificent job of mixing the colors.
3. Hickory: This is one of our "standard"
woods. It is a fine-grained, dense American hard wood, typically
"bone" in color with occasional streaks of "heart"
wood.
4. Oak: We use "white" oak, which is usually
a dark khaki in color after it is soaked in mineral oil. The grain
is more pronounced and open than hickory, but we would rate them
both as our strongest woods.
5. Walnut: A very lightweight chocolate colored wood,
that can have some lighter colored streaks running up and down the
grain. It is NOT what we would consider a "combat grade"
wood, but works quite well in tournament canes, as it's lighter
weight facilitates quicker spins and twirls.
6. Cherry: Our lightest and softest wood, cherry has
an interesting grain that contains some interesting swirls of orange,
not unlike a lighter colored hickory heart wood. Once again, we
do not consider cherry to be a true "combat grade" material!