Here’s a handsome traditional handled cane with an eye-catching contrast between dark wood and lighter colorful wood. The handle and top section of the shaft (permanently connected) is ancient Red Gum wood from Australia, It spend several thousand years buried in a river bed slowly getting stained darker and darker by mineral exposure but deprived of oxygen thus preventing decay. Pulled out a few years ago, carefully dried, and today it works and feels just like it was cut yesterday. It's curl figured in the handle and the section in the shaft is mostly straight grained. Though very dark this ancient red gum wood is also chatoyant and in brighter environments its lively grain comes to life and can be thoroughly appreciated. The bottom section of the shaft, (somewhere around ¾ of the shaft), is one of my favorite woods for its amazing grain patterns and color. Lace figured Sheoak is beautiful and rare. Cane weight is medium, good for daily use by most anyone. Total length measures 38" and can be shortened to fit.

The last image is of a red gum tree, an ancient one of a different sort, standing for hundreds of years. Inside the tree is my Australian wood supplier who left this tree along, he salvage harvests.

M A T E R I A L S

Handle – Curl figured Ancient Red Gum from Australia
Divider - Aluminum
Shaft – Lace Sheoak from Australia
Rubber tip

Every Gillis Cane is a photographed original, you’ll always receive the exact cane in the images.