This cane is crafted using possibly the most unique material we've ever used. The handle is a piece of wood from an ancient kauri tree that was buried in the ground for 40,000 years! That's right, this wood dates back to the earliest cave paintings at approximately 40,000 BC. The Bering land bridge between Alaska and Russia broke apart approximately 20,000 years ago and the Woolly mammoth went extinct 8,000 years ago. It's hard to fathom 40,000 years! Wood like this is called "sinker" wood. A tree lives a typical life span but when it dies and falls it is covered in peat moss or falls into a bog, both of which create an oxygen deprived environment that perfectly preserves the wood. Ancient Kauri is the oldest "workable" wood in the world, the only wood that is older is petrified wood which is no longer wood but stone. The divider is walnut burl wood with a brass mosaic pin and the shaft is zebrawood from Africa. Total length measures 38" and can be shortened to fit.

During use your index finger wraps comfortably underneath the "beak". Designed to imply motion and flight, the handle is poised slightly forward in relation to the shaft. Therefore, the weight bearing portion of the handle is directly over the shaft, giving the piece a very stable feel.


M A T E R I A L S

Handle – Ancient Kauri from Northern New Zealand
Divider –Walnut burl and brass mosaic pin
Shaft – zebrawood from Africa
Rubber tip