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Birdseye49
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New Cane
I found this stick growing across the street about two years ago and cut it and debarked it. A cross section shows it is about 8 years old. I used a piece for the handle and secured it with a 1/4" x 3" carriage bolt and epoxy. Finish was two coats of shellac and three coats of poly.For decoration and strength the upper part was wrapped with paracord and then coated with poly.
I am now using the cane every day.
I am now using the cane every day.
6 Comments
Should be fine. Ambidextrous!
Ron
Cool. If it is serving your needs at the moment, this is a good thing. The important thing is putting one foot in front of the other, and keep moving. That actually fixes you, the cane just helps you do it.
Plus it's another make on the road back to normality. Win win.
Plus it's another make on the road back to normality. Win win.
Nice cane ,BE49 !!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Nicely done
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
My hands are a problem so making a cane that is comfortable is important. The handle on this cane is different from most canes but fits my hands.
Care must be taken when using a cane, that you won't see as much from with a walker. this was lesson #4 when I went through rehab a while back. If you have a cane, and bring body weight down onto it, you also short circuit the nerves in your hand holding the cane. This can cause pain, numbness, loss of control, and or use of the hand, doing the holding. With a walker it's displaced evenly across both hands at once, so it lessness's the effect by half, or close to it. This doesn't cover the stability you gain being centered within the confines of the walker, instead of leaning with a one sided cane.
Consider a lot of that was being a total train wreck like I was entering rehab. Being mostly upright, and under your own steam you reduce the lean substantially, and probably the hand issue at least partially. But if you have hand issues with a cane, be mindful of the nerve thing.
Consider a lot of that was being a total train wreck like I was entering rehab. Being mostly upright, and under your own steam you reduce the lean substantially, and probably the hand issue at least partially. But if you have hand issues with a cane, be mindful of the nerve thing.
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