This cane is crafted using possibly the most unique material I’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 another ancient addition, it is fossilized bone with an intricate pattern. This bone was found on the North Sea floor and its associated with the last ice age, at least 10,000 years old. Total length measures 38" and can be shortened to fit.

This piece has a fishhook inspired handle that artistically connects this cane to the Polynesian peoples of New Zealand, the Maori. The fishhook is the largest cane handle I make in overall dimensions, its comfortable and quite an eye-catcher.

M A T E R I A L S

Handle – Ancient Kauri from Northern New Zealand

Divider –Brass and bone

Shaft – Ancient Kauri from Northern New Zealand

Rubber tip