Here’s a wonderful, heirloom quality walking cane made with special rosewood and ebony. The handle is one of my personal favorite woods, and one of the rarest among the rosewood species, its Bois de rose from Madagascar with a scientific name: Dalbergia Maritima. It’s obviously quite dark, but Bois de rose has a wonderful maroon red/dark purple color and a chatoyant grain. It requires some bright environments to fully appreciate, but this is a gorgeous wood! Its also very dense and heavy and feels great in hand. Bois de rose was always a rare and precious wood, but has become extremely rare in recent years. Only very old pieces can be found in personal wood collections because its an protected endangered species. Most Bois de rose was originally milled up and sold as squares, most often 1.5×1.5×12” or 2×2×12”. Its extra special to find wider boards because its a small and often very flawed tree. This handle came from a little 3” wide board I found a few years ago.

The shaft is a stand-out piece of my best Macassar ebony from Sulawesi Island in Indonesia. This is another dark piece of wood but like the rosewood handle has some wonderful grain. Its tightly striped with dark brown and black, which meander and down the shaft making interesting visuals. Its about as dense and heavy and the Bois de rose too.

The ends of the handle and the divider layer are German silver with steel mosaic pins. A great high-end cane that would make a good daily use cane, or special occasion piece. Fairly heavy, but still in the average range for my canes, suitable for most users to enjoy comfortably. Total length measures 38” and can be shortened to fit.

This is a dark cane, in dim light it would look black at a glance, but its actually easier to appreciate its grain and color qualities in person than in my photographs. It was a tricky one to capture in the photos.

M A T E R I A L S

Handle - Bois de rose from Madagascar (Dalbergia Maritima)

Dividers – German silver and steel

Shaft – Macassar ebony from Sulawesi Island, Indonesia

Rubber tip

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