Here is a striking ancient cane with my raptor’s claw handle in quilted sinker Tasmanian Myrtle wood. This myrtle is some of the nicest quilted figured ancient wood I’ve been able to source. It was recovered by hand (with chains and a landrover) out of a bog in the Tarkine rainforest in Tasmania. The same source as my ancient Tasmanian blackwood I offer occasionally. This material is several thousand years old! Preserved without decay for millennia within the bog’s oxygen deprived environment. Tasmanian myrtle wood is very chatoyant, plus with its quilted figure the effect is accentuated, its beautiful and dynamic grain! The shaft is another wood with the same story but from a totally different part of the worlk, its Ukrainian bog oak wood, probably a little older than the myrtle at approximately 7,000 years old! This cane is dark but even in relatively dim room light its grain can still be appreciated, in sunlight its grain is excellent.

Cane weight is medium, suitable for most any user. It is daily use appropriate and functional. Total length measures 38” and can be shortened to fit.

M A T E R I A L S

Handle – Ancient Bog Myrtle wood from Tasmania
Divider –Brass
Shaft – Bog oak from Ukraine
Rubber tip

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