Another hour, some more progress. I started rounding the shafts with my homemade spokeshave, but that’s set for a pretty rough cut, and I was getting some chatter, especially when working against the grain. So after finishing with that, I got out the big HNT Gordon shave, which I keep set fairly fine, and went over them again. Not quite as smooth as a baby’s butt, but I got almost all the chatter out.
Both cane shafts are still 4 feet long for now, but I think the plan for my next shop session is to start carving some designs on these, though I also have some handle shaping I could work on.
I don't know if you are keeping the "hand tool finish" look, but I often will use a half-pipe of PVC or a hole drilled through a 2x4, then halved as a radius sanding block to work down bumps on long round things.
