Hello all!

I've been scouring the internet and haven't had much luck at this point, so I wanted to ask the braintrust here.

Is anyone here capable of, or know someone who is, making a custom cane head?

I have a very specific design in mind, and there are a few similar ones available online, but they're prohibitively expensive for my uses.



Long story short, I use a cane on occasion, and dang it if I'm using a cane at 27 I want it to be a cool one (at least to me ) So I'm after a wolf-headed cane much like the one used by Inspector Campbell in Peaky Blinders (which unless I'm very much mistaken is very similar to, if not actually the same cane, from the 2010 remake of The Wolfman, also a favorite movie of mine).

I figure if I can get a hold of the cane head somehow, I'll be able to buy a shaft online somewhere and assemble the thing myself...


What would something like this cost? There is a decent version available, but at around $300, I'm not sure I can afford that for something I do not use 24/7/365...

What you need is a jeweler to investment cast you a cane head out of aluminium or zinc.
You can chrome plate the zinc.

I have a very hard time believing you will get a decent-looking piece of custom metalwork done for less than $300.

Not having a clue what peaky blinders is, have you checked out Amazon to see if a style there is similar to what you want?

Might help others to narrow down the style.

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Originally posted by maladat:
I have a very hard time believing you will get a decent-looking piece of custom metalwork done for less than $300.

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what he said.

casting can be a challenge, and that'd be the fastest way to do it.

Having a custom one is going to be way more than $300. I'd 3D print you one if you could fine a file. I found this on Etsy.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/5...uEH9nShoCbPQQAvD_BwE

I’m going to say investment casting also. Costly probably.

If you can find a cheap one you can figure out a way to make a mold from it and cast a metal one.

quote:

Originally posted by maladat:
I have a very hard time believing you will get a decent-looking piece of custom metalwork done for less than $300.

Me to

I am also in PA. I think if you can sculpt one in wood, you and I can cast it in bronze or brass. It then needs to be cleaned up with wire brushes, files etc. and then we polish it. I think we can do it as a sand casting rather than lost wax. More metalwork to do, but easier/less involved that lost wax.

I'd suggest making a pattern using FDM by printing half the heads. Center and a fix the heads on both sides of a wooden plate. This would allow you to make a cope/drag than you could just carve in the runner and gating system. There might be a local artist foundry that'd be willing to pour for cheap. That's about the only way you'll stay under $300.

$300 is cheap for such work.

That's barely a few hours of custom fabrication, 3 @ $100/hr, or 6 @ $50/hr, etc.

I don't think you can get it done for any cheaper, really.