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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 10302044, member: 360&quot;]I bought this stick almost exactly two years ago. I got it cheap, from a friend who collects walking sticks, partially because the silver handle was extremely badly damaged - loads of dents and cracks, resin leaking out of it, and the whole deal, and partially because we&#039;ve done a lot of business in the past, and I got a good deal on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I finally got it repaired!</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked it up from a friend of mine who&#039;s a silversmith / manufacturing jeweler. He was able to remove the handle, remove the pitch / resin inside the silver knob, punch out the dents, solder up all the cracks, straighten out all the nicks and nibbles, and then refill the knob with resin again and stick it back on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Took him three days to do it!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]517143[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517144[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517145[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517147[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Normally, I probably wouldn&#039;t bother with the expense of it, but I felt that this was worth repairing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stick is made of a shaft of Malacca cane, or Calamus Rattan, a plant native to Southeast Asia (in particular Malaysia, Singapore &amp; Indonesia). Malacca cane was a popular material for walking sticks in the 1800s because it is extremely lightweight, but sturdy and strong...also, the honey-yellow colour is really unique.</p><p><br /></p><p>The silver handle, with all the cutesy little Oriental decorations on it, was made in China, for export to the West.</p><p><br /></p><p>A stick like this is perfect for my collection of Peranakan Chinese antiques, so I&#039;m glad I got it repaired.</p><p><br /></p><p>Full length is 36 inches, or exactly 3ft![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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