#walking sticks

[emersonmanandnature]

August 5, 2023

Mother and Daughter

[clove-pinks]

I wish people would focus less energy on weird 19th century stuff that has been widely debunked, like the idea that Victorian women constantly fainted, and START focusing energy on weird 19th century stuff that definitely DID happen, such as the many decades that men carried around decorative canes for Fashion purposes. The silly little stick era, if you will—"He carried a little stick of no earthly use", Albert Smith, The Natural History of the Gent.

1832 fashion plate (with bonus hairdo), and you can see that the gentleman at left isn't even touching the ground with his stick, he's just carrying it. There are countless fashion plates like this, and even when the stick is the correct length, it often looks flimsy and isn't a true mobility aid.

Somehow, even the child has acquired a little stick in this 1867 fashion plate. The man next to him has his stick tucked under his arm, which seems to be a typical way of carrying it, or you could even tuck it into your coat pockets.

1840s dork has never heard of coat check, idk.

Two fashionable fellows in Punch magazine, 1842, just carrying their sticks.

I'm throwing some pictures together on my lunch break so this has an 1830s/1840s slant, but you will see the little sticks from the dawn of the 19th century to the end: able-bodied men really chose to be encumbered with these for no good reason. Sometimes they're topped with tassels, or a quizzing-glass!

[antiqueanimals]

A Textbook in General Zoology. Written by Henry R. Linville, Henry A. Kelly, Harley J. Van Cleave. 1929.

Internet Archive

[autisticfiend]

Please teach your children to not point fingers at cane users and make fun of them.

It felt awful.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Stylish Miss Ann Cutter and Miss Ruth Miller take a stroll in a park with the latest fashion accessory—walking sticks. One hundred years ago today—November 29, 1922.

Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[meyasthatbird]

Another cane edit, I call this “Do you love the color of the sky?”. Buy today!

This one is not the best but yee

[kindlythevoid]

Alright, it’s page 341 of Two Towers and Faramir has given Frodo and Sam walking sticks.

Let’s see how long they last.

[disabled-dragoon]

Hey if you’re a walking stick/cane user in the UK and the ice is kicking your ass at the moment, this might help. It’s a little list of places you can buy an ice grip ferrule (cane foot) and prices (not including delivery).

The ice grip is essentially just like a little snow shoe for your stick/cane that’ll hopefully help reduce slippage when out and about.

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Ability Superstore- £9.99

CareCo- £4.49

Essential Aids- £9.48 (Including VAT)

Health and Care- 1: £14.99; 2: £19.95; 3:£10.99 (Flexyfoot Ice Boot)

Manage @ Home- £16.00

MobilitySmart- 1: £7.95 (with VAT relief; until 24/03/2023); 2: £5.95 (with VAT reilef; Flexyfoot Ice Boot)

Neo-Walk- £7.99-£12.99

Smartcrutch- £12.90 (Flexyfoot)

The Stick and Cane Shop- 1: £7.90 (Flexyfoot); 2: £11.99

WalkingSticks- 1: £10.99; 2: £5.99 (Flexyfoot); 3: £9.99; 4: £14.99

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Stay safe out there!

[toolazytodecide]

I have a lot of thoughts about Kaz brekker driving.

(Modern AU obviously.)

I just got my license, which is exciting but has also led to me having to figure out where to put my cane when I'm driving. Mostly I'll slide it into the passenger seat between the chair and the door so it doesnt rattle, but if I have passengers I have to toss it in the back or boot and grab it when I get out.

So, where would Kaz keep his? I like to think of Kaz as the dad of the group. He is always the driver and is too often roped into giving the others rides. Kaz is however less accommodating than me and would make them sit in the back like hes their goddamn uber driver while his cane keeps its rightful spot.

Except Inej. She is the only person allowed to sit in the passenger seat. The cane keeps it's spot, but Inej is always careful of it and catches it before it can fall out when she gets in.

[mutualaidforalll]

Mobility Poll!

Only answer if you want obviously- as far as I know the answers are anonymous!

I'm sorry if I missed a few, I have mainly walking/mobility aids in my mind as of the time making the post due to my own pain with walking.

[Poll duration: 1 week]

Mod Vash

[technoxenoholic]

does anyone have any resources they could point me to about the historical use of canes as a mobility aid? whenever i've tried to search about it, i only find the vaguest of information about how gentlemen carried "canes" (decorative sticks) as accessories in certain decades. i haven't really been able to dig up any details, save for maybe 1 or 2 individual examples in museums.

i would just really love to have resources about specific styles and construction methods/materials for both functional canes (i refuse to believe they did not exist) and decorative walking sticks, from about 1780 to 1930, so that i can take steps to incorporate a historically-inspired cane or two into my future wardrobe plans (because i will be walking with a cane still when i accomplish this wardrobe, if i am still walking on the regular at all)

[iibislintu]

the walking stick handle was too slippery so i added some bicycle handlebar tape

the tote bag clearly wanted to be in the photo too

[clove-pinks]

It's the Twenties again and I think we should bring back the original fidget toys (watch bangles, walking sticks, and quizzing glasses).

[antiqueanimals]

Plants and Insects Together. Written by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. Illustrated by Matthew Kalmenoff. 1976.

[cpahlow]

Had to share this @weheartit

English Walking sticks

[classywalkingcanes]

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