A beauty! This rosewood cane has spectacular colors and wood grains. The handle is a special species called Hainan rosewood with a scientific name: Dalbergia Oderifera. This wood is the most expensive wood in the entire world, even bead sized pieces of Hainan rosewood can sell for hundreds of dollars - it is quite precious! The scarcity is from demand for centuries leading the species to near extinction. Hainan rosewood was the wood of choice of the Chinese emperor's furniture for several dynasties. Such pieces only exist in museums today. This particular handle has outstanding quality Hainan rosewood with a vibrant array of pink, peach, red, and orange colors and wild grain features, including small purple birdseyes, and it is quite a chatoyant wood as well. Its easy to see why this wood is so highly coveted, it is a special offering!

In the divider is warm copper, thin layers of pink ivory, and another rare wood - purple acacia from Australia. This purple acacia species is almost like a unicorn its so obscure and special. My Australian wood contact drove for thousands of KM through the Australian outback in his Toyota land cruiser looking for this species. He eventually found a small stand of them and harvested only what was dead, that was about 5 years ago.

The shaft is yet another special piece, its bubinga wood from Africa. This wood is highly regarded and considered equivalent to the rosewood species. But this example has a fantastic pomelle figured grain throughout making it super special. Pomelle figure is very rare and has a bubbly-looking effect on the grain. This is a piece of wood I have had on my top shelf for about 8 years.

This cane would make a fine daily user, despite being museum-worthy. It fits nicely in the hand and is comfortable to carry, a very functional cane. Its weight is average, so it could be carried by most anyone comfortably but it has the substantial feel of something made out of quality materials. Total length measures 38” and can be shortened to fit.

Pinks, purples and basically all of the colors of Hainan rosewood are the most difficult for my camera to capture. In person the handle has more depth and color variety than shown, but my camera does tent to oversaturate the oranges. Chatoyancy is a wonderful aspect of these woods and its something that cant’ be captured in the pictures.

M A T E R I A L S

Handle – Hainan Rosewood (Dalbergia Oderifera) from Hainan China
Dividers – Copper, thin pink ivory wood from S. Africa, and Acacia Carnei from Australia
Shaft – Bubinga from Africa
Rubber tip

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