Classic Canes Women's Adjustable Derby Cane Walking Stick

The cane is height-adjustable from 73cm to 95cm so it can be altered to fit a wide range of users. The shaft is high-quality aluminium, fitted with a non-slip rubber ferrule. It has a chrome collar and a derby handle, elegantly shaped to provide comfortable support.

The ferrule ...The cane is height-adjustable from 73cm to 95cm so it can be altered to fit a wide range of users. The shaft is high-quality aluminium, fitted with a non-slip rubber ferrule. It has a chrome collar and a derby handle, elegantly shaped to provide comfortable support.

The ferrule size for future replacements is 16mm and the cane weighs 265g. About Classic Canes Classic Canes grow rustic walking sticks in its Somerset woodland using the centuries-old forestry technique of coppicing. Native British hardwoods such as ash, hazel and blackthorn are cut off to a height of approximately 120cm from the ground.

New shoots result and take three to four years to grow to the correct diameter for walking sticks such as hiking staffs, thumbsticks and knobsticks. The wood is harvested in the winter when the sap is down in the trees, before being dried for at least a year to remove the moisture from the wood. The sticks are then steamed and straightened before being hand sanded, varnished and fitted with ferrules to become finished walking sticks.

Each one is unique. Coppicing has many ecological benefits. The wood constantly renews itself so there is no need for clear felling or replanting.

The system allows light to reach the forest floor, encouraging native wildflowers and the fauna that depend on them.