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<p>[QUOTE="Tinpanalleybluesman, post: 9472838, member: 81772"]There is not much to say ... I am from Serbia, Belgrade ( capital city of ex-Yugoslavia ), therefore since English is not my native language, there might be some errors.. I loved walking sticks literally since my childhood ... I loved them so much that I would always take my grandfather's walking stick & walk around with it... My elders woul always say that it is not good for me to do so ( I'm guessing that they were</p><p>a bit superstitious ... Probably they were afraid that I could injure or break my leg or something and that I will need a walking stick for real afterwards ) ... I still have my grandfather's old bamboo, light weight cane with a crooked handle, ( which I used to " steal " while nobody is watching & walk around with it as a kid ), and a few others ... A few days earlier, I have manage to get a beautiful art nouveau style walking stick with a sterling silver crooked handle, and black wooden shaft. It's from about 1900 year or so, made in Germany so it seems. It actually requires a bit of work ... Like for some reason, I feel some movement of a handle when I hold the cane in my hand... Almost like there is something inside the wooden shaft ( I believe that it's not something that people call a "system cane" - the one with a hidden function or a tool inside the wooden shaft ). Also a metal frettule at the end of the shaft is loose. I have absolutely NO CLUE about how could I fix this .. Perhaps someone of you lovely people could give me some advice, or tell me about some literature from which I could learn how to do this... Cheers ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tinpanalleybluesman, post: 9472838, member: 81772"]There is not much to say ... I am from Serbia, Belgrade ( capital city of ex-Yugoslavia ), therefore since English is not my native language, there might be some errors.. I loved walking sticks literally since my childhood ... I loved them so much that I would always take my grandfather's walking stick & walk around with it... My elders woul always say that it is not good for me to do so ( I'm guessing that they were a bit superstitious ... Probably they were afraid that I could injure or break my leg or something and that I will need a walking stick for real afterwards ) ... I still have my grandfather's old bamboo, light weight cane with a crooked handle, ( which I used to " steal " while nobody is watching & walk around with it as a kid ), and a few others ... A few days earlier, I have manage to get a beautiful art nouveau style walking stick with a sterling silver crooked handle, and black wooden shaft. It's from about 1900 year or so, made in Germany so it seems. It actually requires a bit of work ... Like for some reason, I feel some movement of a handle when I hold the cane in my hand... Almost like there is something inside the wooden shaft ( I believe that it's not something that people call a "system cane" - the one with a hidden function or a tool inside the wooden shaft ). Also a metal frettule at the end of the shaft is loose. I have absolutely NO CLUE about how could I fix this .. Perhaps someone of you lovely people could give me some advice, or tell me about some literature from which I could learn how to do this... Cheers ![/QUOTE]
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