Doc style cane

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Crossdrawnj

August 18, 2021, 01:25:41 PM
Does anyone know of a source for a Doc type of cane?  One without the ridiculous rubber tip and the more period ferule. 

River City John

#1
August 18, 2021, 02:24:16 PM
Doc type of cane?

I have no idea what that is. Educate me, please.
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Crossdrawnj

#2
August 18, 2021, 02:39:24 PM
Also known as a walking stick.

River City John

#3
August 18, 2021, 02:40:40 PM
River Junction Trade:
https://www.riverjunction.com

Also Gentleman's Emporium:
https://www.historicalemporium.com
"I was born by the river in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since." - Sam Cooke
"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
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Crossdrawnj

#4
August 18, 2021, 03:04:33 PM
I checked them both out and they do not offer one with a metal or modified ferule. Only the rubber tip.

River City John

#5
August 18, 2021, 03:06:34 PM
Quote from: Crossdrawnj on August 18, 2021, 03:04:33 PM
I checked them both out and they do not offer one with a metal or modified ferule. Only the rubber tip.
Is the rubber tip removable?
"I was born by the river in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since." - Sam Cooke
"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
NCOWS #L146
GAF #275

River City John

#7
August 18, 2021, 03:11:17 PM
Like this?
"I was born by the river in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since." - Sam Cooke
"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
NCOWS #L146
GAF #275

Crossdrawnj

#8
August 18, 2021, 03:27:50 PM
RC John. Yes.  Silver knob.  The tip is what I was looking for.  Is that a brass tip or ferule? I was on Canesgalore site and they will do a brass tip as an add on.

River City John

#9
August 18, 2021, 04:29:21 PM
Yes. Brass ferrule as tip on walnut cane, 10k gold head with presentation engraving inscription dated 1888. (Made from wood from U.S. Grant's home work desk in Galena, ILL.)
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"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
NCOWS #L146
GAF #275

DeaconKC

#10
August 18, 2021, 08:08:15 PM
This is a very tough walking stick:
https://www.coldsteel.com/blackthorn-staff/#productView-description-ph
Also, check out their other canes
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#11
August 18, 2021, 09:42:01 PM
Quote from: DeaconKC on August 18, 2021, 08:08:15 PM
This is a very tough walking stick:
https://www.coldsteel.com/blackthorn-staff/#productView-description-ph
Also, check out their other canes
Are those bumps on the shaft supposed to make it hurt more when you hit someone?  :)

St. George

#12
August 18, 2021, 10:19:30 PM
No - actual Blackthorn has those as a part of the makeup of the wood.

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Major 2

#13
August 18, 2021, 11:53:19 PM
The nubs are bases of thorns  cut down.
Blackthorn is a flowering thorn shrub of the Rose family native of Western Europe.
The Fruit is made into a slue Gin and Jam....
The wood is used to make walking sticks, including the Irish shillelagh, that date back many century's
I have a couple.

However the Cold Steel version is a molded poly urethane made to resemble the real Root ball and stem of a 
Blackthorn walking stick, It is formable defense carry stick.as is the real thing....


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Hill Beachy

#14
September 22, 2021, 05:12:52 PM
Quote from: Crossdrawnj on August 18, 2021, 03:27:50 PM
RC John. Yes.  Silver knob.  The tip is what I was looking for.  Is that a brass tip or ferule? I was on Canesgalore site and they will do a brass tip as an add on.

You could always go the "DIY" route.  I needed a ferrule for a walking stick a few years ago and ordered one off eBay.  Just needed to know the diameter of the tip of the stick. 
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When you're running with them in your hand..."  -- Slim Dusty

River City John

#15
September 22, 2021, 07:44:28 PM
I have seen modified sewing thimbles used as cane tips.
"I was born by the river in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since." - Sam Cooke
"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
NCOWS #L146
GAF #275

Cap'n Redneck

#16
September 22, 2021, 08:07:42 PM
I have made a cane tip from a .45 ACP-case with the extractor-rim ground / filed down. 
Fixed it in place with a small brass screw through the primer-pocket hole.

For a larger diameter cane I replaced the bulky modern-looking rubber-tip with the culot from a 20 ga. shotgun shell.  Glued a round piece of leather on the end of it to give it some grip on hardwood floors.
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Froogal

#17
September 23, 2021, 08:59:19 AM
Visit your local farm and ranch store. You should be able to find a livestock sorting cane. All wood construction and sturdy. You could customize it any way you like.

Snake Oil

#18
December 22, 2021, 05:51:56 AM
I have found copper pipe to be an effective tip... but that is when I am making the walking stick...
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December 22, 2021, 09:10:38 PM
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