The handle on this cane is box elder wood that I harvested myself in January 2020 from a local creek, it was a large, round root burl that washed out of an embankment that was lodged on rocks in the water. Box elder is a beautiful light color with intricate burl eye grain patterns - quite a lovely piece to look at. The shaft is rare imbuia wood from Brazil, a threatened species no longer harvested, it has figured grain and chatoyance, overall it's a dark brown with warm golden hues. In the divider is curl figured gidgee wood and brass. Medium weight. Total length measures 38" and can be shortened to fit.

The handle is resin stabilized, a process of pressuring liquid resin into the wood cells to fill empty air space within the wood and resin which is later hardened. The result is a denser wood that is no longer susceptible to changes in atmospheric humidity.


M A T E R I A L S

Handle – Box Elder Burl from New York
Dividers – Brass and Gidgee from Australia
Shaft – Imbuia wood from Brazil
Rubber tip

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