Do any of you use these when walking? I saw several people on the trails with them. Do they provide more stability when walking? Can anyone recommend a good quality one?I have a walking staff that I've used for years. When I was younger it was good to use to beat the brush for snakes. Now I use it for extra strength, balance, and to rest on. I have my old one that's an old tree limb with really interesting branches embedded in it. My most recent one a friend made from a piece of hickory and the hand part is a knob that looks like a dragon's head. I dropped two crystals in for eyes and I love to use it. Lindy My dad had polio and had a collection of different canes. I got them when he passed away in 2002 and then I didn't know I had ra, I just wanted them. He has some really cool ones. One is called a schlalee (sp). His friend brought it back from Ireland and is blessed by lepracans for health and properity. It a crooked looking stick but it's neat. I took a rubber stopper from one of those 4 prong canes and put it on the bottom so it doesn't slip around when I walk. I had lots of comments on it. He also has one that has a face of an old man with a long beard carved on it. Now I'm on a mission at garage sales to buy different looking canes.
[QUOTE=CinDee]My dad had polio and had a collection of different canes. I got them when he passed away in 2002 and then I didn't know I had ra, I just wanted them. He has some really cool ones. One is called a schlalee (sp). His friend brought it back from Ireland and is blessed by lepracans for health and properity. It a crooked looking stick but it's neat. I took a rubber stopper from one of those 4 prong canes and put it on the bottom so it doesn't slip around when I walk. I had lots of comments on it. He also has one that has a face of an old man with a long beard carved on it. Now I'm on a mission at garage sales to buy different looking canes.[/QUOTE]
My grandfather had a shillelagh. It was mainly decorative; it always stood by the fireplace. He was very, very Irish. If we were getting out of line he would holler for us to fetch the shillelagh... as if he were actually going to use it on us.I have a staff I bought at a Renaissance fair. Rather nice and it was a big help when I needed it a couple months ago and I could barely get up, much less walk. It stays out of the closet now, just in case.
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