This traditional handled cane has a varied selection of unique ancient materials. The handle and shaft are bog oak wood from Ukraine, this wood is approximately 5,000-7,000 years old! Wood like this is called "sinker" wood: An oak 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 for millennia. But the oak wood does absorb minerals from its surroundings and the result after thousands of years is a dark color. This bog oak is a dark warm grey. Ancient wood like this is very rare and has a great story.

In the divider are pins of fossilized coral from lake Michigan, they are from the Middle Devonian Period, roughly 350-380 million years ago and are stone but preserve the coral’s patterns and structure. The middle, lighter piece of wood in the divider is Jindai Ash wood from Japan that was buried under a volcanic eruption over 2000 years ago and preserved underground!  The other layers in the divider are bog oak with an end-grain orientation towards the side of the cane. This is a medium weight cane that could be used by most anyone, daily use appropriate. Total length measures 38" and can be shortened to fit.

M A T E R I A L S

Handle – Ancient bog Oak from Ukraine

Divider – Fossilized Coral from Lake Michigan, Jindai Ash from Japan, and Bog Oak

Shaft – Ancient bog Oak from Ukraine

Rubber tip

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