One of my most commonly asked after woods is Australian Buloke wood, and this is a solid Buloke cane with a figured Buloke handle. Buloke is known for being the hardest wood in the world, something that is measured on a scale called the “janka scale” which measures the amount of force it takes to indent the wood to a certain depth with a steel sphere. Buloke is over 5000 lbs of force. The 3rd to last image is a sample Janka scale to compare with some well known woods, Buloke would be off this chart. Unfortunately I’ve never seek a Janka chart that shows all wood species - it would be long.

Technical stuff aside, a functional and beautiful cane and a good self defense cane too. I have a very hard time sourcing Buloke wood, especially long lengths for the shafts. It’s a protected species and all of the material I do get is salvage harvested. This wood is literally from a brush pile on a farmer’s paddock. Despite its hardness Buloke is not as heavy as other woods I use, that being said this is still a heavy cane. The divider and end piece on the handle are “Cobra Verde” stone, as it was labeled, it came out of a decades old estate collection of stones from a New York City Jeweler. I don’t actually know what the stone is, but it is beautiful and could be very obscure, I’ve never seen other stones like it or named similarly.

It’s length measures 38” and can be shortened to fit.

The last two image are from my friend in Australia who salvage harvested this Buloke wood 5 years ago, the pictures are from the actual spot where this cane originated.

M A T E R I A L S

Handle – Buloke from Australia and Cobra Verde stone
Divider – Brass and Cobra Verde stone
Shaft – Buloke from Australia

Rubber tip

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