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This stick features a crook handle furnished with an unmarked silver crown. 

The stick is made from whangee bamboo with a small flex and an original metal ferrule. 

A traditional cane perfect for a collector

Measurements:
Length - 92cm
Diameter of the handle outwards - 14.5cm
Diameter of the shaft - 2.2cm
Weight - 168g

'Whangee refers to any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos. They are a hardy evergreen plant from Japan, China and the Himalayas whose woody stems were often used to make canes and umbrella handles. The word derives from the Chinese (Mandarin) huáng lí. It can also refer to a cane made from whangee. Charlie Chaplin’s character, The Little Tramp, is famously known for his whangee cane and John Steed, the dapper secret agent from television’s The Avengers, was known for carrying an umbrella with a whangee handle.'

 

Good condition with a natural flex & minor age marks which add to the character. 
 

Antique Flexible Whangee Bamboo Stick / Cane - Crook Handle & Silver Crown

SKU: A226157692865
£110.00Price
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