Review and Preview of Walking Canes
Friday, June 02, 2006
This post is a review of the walking canes articles posted last week. In the coming week we will be posting more article about canes of all types, including some new canes that have just been added to the FashionableCanes.com inventory. Stay tuned!
On Tuesday May 23rd an article was posted to the blog about Valparaiso University's Cane Walk, an annual tradition at Valparaiso that dates back to 1902. Graduating law students walk from Wesemann Hall to the town square of Valparaiso where the county courthouse used to reside. FashionableCanes.com was happy to be able to supply the school with the canes for this wonderful and unique tradition.
On Wednesday May 24th an overview of walking canes and walking sticks was posted. It detailed what the parts of a cane are, what they are made of, and some of the important characteristics of walking canes and sticks. The most important one's are that the cane should be comfortable to grip, and the grip at the bottom of the cane should provide a stable base to aid in walking.
The next day we continued the overview of canes and walking sticks. We mentioned the difference between a walking stick and a walking cane is that walking sticks are used more by hikers to provide stability on rough terrain, often making use of the ferrule, which is the metal tip on a walking stick. There are many reasons someone might want a cane, be it for mobility assistance, for collecting, for protection, and so on.
The next article posted was the first in a two part article about the history of walking canes. In this introduction the cane's history from ancient times to around the 16th century was discussed. The walking cane's history is as long as humans. It was used by shepherds and travellers in ancient times, and progressed to sceptors and staffs of emperors and church officials in the Middle Ages. The type of cane a gentleman wore would signify his place in society.
The 27th of May we concluded our discussion on the blog about the history of walking canes. Since the last article discussed the history of walking sticks and canes in ancient times to the 16th century we started from there and progressed to the 18th century and modern times. In the 17th century, canes got shorter and people wore a lot of ribbons on them. Dandies wore longer canes with tons of ribbons. The cane started to replace the sword as the necessary fashion accessory for men. After the cane came the umbrella as the most common fashion accessory and canes were reduced to accessories for special occassions, like commencements, weddings, proms, and homecomings. As always, canes remain the most popular aid for mobility, but they are not a required fashion accessory these days.
Tags: history, walking cane, law school
On Tuesday May 23rd an article was posted to the blog about Valparaiso University's Cane Walk, an annual tradition at Valparaiso that dates back to 1902. Graduating law students walk from Wesemann Hall to the town square of Valparaiso where the county courthouse used to reside. FashionableCanes.com was happy to be able to supply the school with the canes for this wonderful and unique tradition.
On Wednesday May 24th an overview of walking canes and walking sticks was posted. It detailed what the parts of a cane are, what they are made of, and some of the important characteristics of walking canes and sticks. The most important one's are that the cane should be comfortable to grip, and the grip at the bottom of the cane should provide a stable base to aid in walking.
The next day we continued the overview of canes and walking sticks. We mentioned the difference between a walking stick and a walking cane is that walking sticks are used more by hikers to provide stability on rough terrain, often making use of the ferrule, which is the metal tip on a walking stick. There are many reasons someone might want a cane, be it for mobility assistance, for collecting, for protection, and so on.
The next article posted was the first in a two part article about the history of walking canes. In this introduction the cane's history from ancient times to around the 16th century was discussed. The walking cane's history is as long as humans. It was used by shepherds and travellers in ancient times, and progressed to sceptors and staffs of emperors and church officials in the Middle Ages. The type of cane a gentleman wore would signify his place in society.
The 27th of May we concluded our discussion on the blog about the history of walking canes. Since the last article discussed the history of walking sticks and canes in ancient times to the 16th century we started from there and progressed to the 18th century and modern times. In the 17th century, canes got shorter and people wore a lot of ribbons on them. Dandies wore longer canes with tons of ribbons. The cane started to replace the sword as the necessary fashion accessory for men. After the cane came the umbrella as the most common fashion accessory and canes were reduced to accessories for special occassions, like commencements, weddings, proms, and homecomings. As always, canes remain the most popular aid for mobility, but they are not a required fashion accessory these days.
Tags: history, walking cane, law school
posted by Swciii | 6/02/2006 10:45:00 AM
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