Canes, anyone use one?

[tcreeley]

For the last year and a half I've been using a cane. I have arthritis in my hip and it helps me to get around, especially when I am stiff.
I make my own canes -rough. I've made 6, from ash, apple, and maple. I've put hame tops on 4 of them. They work pretty well and my design improves as I go along. I'll post a pic of the latest when I can dig up our camera!
Do you use a cane?

 

[Bird]

My wife has a regular old fashioned cane with the curved top, but painted with flowers. She always carries it when going for a walk in the neighborhood, but no other time. She's carrying it as protection if she should meet an aggressive stray dog. She's never had a problem with any dogs in the neighborhood, but some have. So she's afraid to take our little chihuahua on her walks.

Most mornings, I take the little chihuahua for a walk along trails in the woods in a big city park that's just over a mile from the house. And I carry a Bubba Stik that I really like. It's considerably heavier than my wife's cane, and while I don't really need it, it adds a little stability, and I figure it'd be a mean dog indeed that would challenge me when I have it in my hand. But I do also carry my Bubba Stik most of the time if I go to a shopping mall with my wife.

I suppose the harness hames that the Bubba Stik uses are the same that you use.

 

[deepNdirt]

Not anymore, But sure to go back in a few years when it gets difficult again, after breaking my ankle about 6 years ago I went from crutches to using a cane for about 2 years and finally was able to hold my own without the use of one, though sometimes after being on it all day, Cold and wet days seem to have it acting back up, I do try and resist going for the cane, the cane I was given was a black adjustable aluminum alloyed kind, nothing fancy, before the accident I used to have a couple of twisted branches carved for hiking sticks, cut them from our property, thought they were pretty unique, not sure where they got off too... I think cane carving could be a interesting hobby,:thumbsup: My son used to have a friend who played the drums in his band, I used to cut out his drum sticks from my scraps of oak wood, does that count? He said the oak last 3 times as long as the ones bought from music store, was a bit heavier but got used to them,

 

[tcreeley]

My wife has a regular old fashioned cane with the curved top, but painted with flowers. She always carries it when going for a walk in the neighborhood, but no other time. She's carrying it as protection if she should meet an aggressive stray dog. She's never had a problem with any dogs in the neighborhood, but some have. So she's afraid to take our little chihuahua on her walks.

Most mornings, I take the little chihuahua for a walk along trails in the woods in a big city park that's just over a mile from the house. And I carry a Bubba Stik that I really like. It's considerably heavier than my wife's cane, and while I don't really need it, it adds a little stability, and I figure it'd be a mean dog indeed that would challenge me when I have it in my hand. But I do also carry my Bubba Stik most of the time if I go to a shopping mall with my wife.

I suppose the harness hames that the Bubba Stik uses are the same that you use.

That top looks like the one I am using now!

 

[DKCDKC]

My wife - she of bi-lateral hip and knee replacements & back issues - has and loves a cane whose top is the precise shape and thickness of an old saw handle. It's comfortable, easy to hold and attracts a lot of attention. Her first saw handle cane was stolen out of a grocery basket when her back was turned. Obtained two more, but the woodworker nearby who had made them has died. They're cut out of a single piece of oak or walnut. If we could find someone who makes them just like these, my wife could sell a heap of them. The ones on the Internet are of thinner stock and don't have the comfortable feel of a real saw handle.

 

[Pharm]

I use one to get on and off the bed of my truck. I just keep it in the back of the truck for when I might need it - helps me reach items in the back too. I also use hiking poles when backpacking, otherwise I would have had to quit one of my favorite hobbies.

I was diagnosed with arthritis about 5 years ago. It seems to be getting progressively worse. I'm not using one regularly now at 51 years old but I do see one in my future.

I had some beaver on our property 3 years ago that made a few canes for me. Nice smooth finish with an interesting design. I sometimes use it when I'm walking about.

 

[SPIKER]

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(illegal at that time in Oklahoma). Only bad thing in the whole deal was he wasen't couteous enough to apologize for his mistake.

Ken

Never have had a COP apologize for any of their wrongdoing when done to me... Not sure about any others but new a few cops are the worst of the worst when it comes to trust or believing or remorse for their mistakes...
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[Tollster]

Do ya'll thik that would be a nice gift? My father isn't doing well getting around, I thought about it, but don't want to send a bad message to him. He is a proud, stubburn, old south, retired Navy veteran.
I love the hand made ones myself and have an appriciation for the craftmanship.

 

[Bill 55]

I don't have good balance when wading trout streams, I have found that the wading/hiking staff from WalMart helps a whole lot. I also have a lot of arthritis in hips and kmees and use them when walking in the woods especially on steep slopes. When my wife had both knees replaced she found she liked the walking sticks better than a cane so I always keep a couple handy. They ain't half bad for adjusting the passenger side mirror when you are by yourself

 

[JoeBuyer]

Tollster,
I think a nicely made one with his theme (Navy or?) would be thoughtful. Don't get a Walmart special. It can always be given as "if the day ever comes when you need it". But I bet he uses it as soon as you walk out the door. Good luck and thank you for taking care of your father.

 

[tcreeley]

I use one to get on and off the bed of my truck. I just keep it in the back of the truck for when I might need it - helps me reach items in the back too. I also use hiking poles when backpacking, otherwise I would have had to quit one of my favorite hobbies.

I was diagnosed with arthritis about 5 years ago. It seems to be getting progressively worse. I'm not using one regularly now at 51 years old but I do see one in my future.

I had some beaver on our property 3 years ago that made a few canes for me. Nice smooth finish with an interesting design. I sometimes use it when I'm walking about.

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Nice cane with the beaver marks!

 

[Pharm]

Might have to give it a try. As my name implies I'm a pharmacist by trade, so traditional approaches are what I'm most familiar with ... but I'm open to the non-traditional treatment as well. Too many people have had good results to discount it.

 

[podagrower]

One of our friends had a stroke, and now uses a cane, the simple hollow alloy kind. He's a retired engineer, and got tired of the cane falling over when leaned up against things. So he took the cane apart and put a rare earth magnet inside, now the cane sticks to the fridge, door handles, door hinges, cabinet handles, no more dropped canes.

 

[kensnelling]

Do ya'll thik that would be a nice gift? My father isn't doing well getting around, I thought about it, but don't want to send a bad message to him. He is a proud, stubburn, old south, retired Navy veteran.
I love the hand made ones myself and have an appriciation for the craftmanship.

Hard to say. My dad (87) has needed a power chair for several years, but was very resistant to the idea. He would kill any conversation about them because he didn't feel he needed one. Never mind the fact that going places he never made it far past the entrance and would find the nearest chair or bench and park himself until it was time to leave.

But, at a tractor show we went to last June he was sitting on a bench watching a couple of guys going all over the place in their power chairs. On the way home he mentioned them, and over breakfast the next day we had a nice conversation about them. Yep, it became his idea, and in less than thirty days he was the proud owner of a Jazzy 614.

So, I wish you well. As someone else mentioned, if it is a cane that reflects something he likes it may become his idea to start using a cane.

Ken

 

[Bird]

Do ya'll thik that would be a nice gift? My father isn't doing well getting around, I thought about it, but don't want to send a bad message to him. He is a proud, stubburn, old south, retired Navy veteran.
I love the hand made ones myself and have an appriciation for the craftmanship.

I bought my Bubba Stik for myself in 2005 or 2006. Since then I've bought 3 for Christmas presents and one for a birthday present. I don't know whether any of the recipients "use" them for what they're made for, but I think all of them apprciated and enjoyed them. I would think your dad would enjoy having one.

 

[RoyJackson]

I carry a cane more often then use a cane.
As most TBNers know, I've got a pretty bad limp as a result of a stroke 12 years ago. The great majority of the time, I don't need it...but it comes in handy if the walks are slick.
So, I have two...one is the aluminum cane I got when I was in rehab (for the stroke), the other is an old walking stick someone gave me years ago. Nice hardwood stick, I might add.