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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 10306105, member: 360&quot;]The VALUE of the stick was never really my primary concern. It&#039;s a few bucks of silver, stuck onto a piece of cane. There&#039;s no real intrinsic value in that. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was more the historical &amp; cultural significance of the cane that was more important to me, and I knew if that the cane wasn&#039;t repaired, eventually, that significance would be lost, and that was what made me want to put the money into saving it. </p><p><br /></p><p>As you said, the decorations on the sides are really unique. They were typical of the types of very Orientalised decorations added to silver walking-sticks by Chinese silversmiths so that they could sell them overseas to Europeans who wanted something &#039;exotic&#039; - and that history would be lost if the silver just broke apart, and all the decorations and historical significance would be lost. </p><p><br /></p><p>That was what I really wanted to save.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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