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Walking Cane (Steampunk Fashion)

Walking Cane (Steampunk Fashion)
A fashionable walking cane to complete your Victorian/Steampunk/Goth get-up.
Bring out the DIY dandy in you!

I used ready-made parts, which make it a bit more expensive - especially the ornament, which counts for 2/3 of the cost. However, if you can find an old ornament or door-knob, this project is dirt-cheap.

You can whittle your own cane, if you want to:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Whittle-a-Staff--Walking-Stick

 
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Step 1Shoppy time!

Shoppy time!
Shop around for:
1. Glide-pins (big "tacks"), prefrably with rubber soles (you will only need one per walking cane).
2. Curtain-rod (or whittle a staff); length: +/- 1 meter
3. Curtain-rod ornament / doorknob, or salvage or cannibalize one instead.
4. (Outdoor) woodstain, paint and/or varnish. Pick your own color.
5. A flat paintbrush
6. Some string

I found all this stuff at my local hardware-store, but (thrift)shopping for a nice ornament / (door)knob pays off double, since it is the heart and soul of your cane and by far the most expensive part.

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8 comments
Jul 2, 2011. 4:44 PMpfred2 says:
So where's the hidden Tesla coil? Now that'd be awesome!
Mar 31, 2010. 6:37 AMgaladriel says:
Where do you find glide pins?  Hardware store?
Aug 28, 2010. 5:44 PMdoomsdayltd says:
i walk with a cane and im giving it great consideration to make this. i have one question about it though, how does it feel to walk with it in you hand after leaning on it?
Sep 28, 2010. 6:47 PMmmh says:
I like the visual effect the spiral fob gives, although putting one's full weight on a wire handle may not be the most ergonomic surface. Nice design for a found object piece.

However, should you be interested in a wooden handled cane, please visit: www.bigstickcanes.com
Mar 30, 2010. 8:04 PMcodongolev says:
is that little knobby thing bouncy.... because I bet it's bouncy... boing boing!

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