[Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?

Thu Mar 7 23:53:18 UTC 2013

They must have changed it since I ordered mine back in 2011. back then, they 
only had the rigid one, and payment was on the honor system.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Portillo" <portillo.jim at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?

> Hi there,
>
> I called them, and here's the story.  They do have the straight, but they
> also have a folding and a telescopic model as well.  I think they get the
> telescopic model from NFB.
> Also, if you're out of Iowa, they will bill you first and then send the
> cane.  I don't know if it's a one time thing, but that's what I was told.
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark J.
> Cadigan
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 3:32 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>
> Chris,
>
>
>
> You get an Iowa cane by calling the Iowa department for the blind, and
> ordering one. They can not process credit cards for some unknown reason, 
> so
> they will send you the cane, along with a self addressed envelope; you 
> place
> the check in the envelope, and send it back. I believe the cost is 
> something
> like $25 or so.
>
> The Iowa canes are exactly like the NFB canes but solid fiberglass. They 
> are
> incredibly durable; however, they are quite heavy. To the best of my
> knowledge they only have a non-collapsible mottle.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 6:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Could you tell us where one can go to order the Iowa cane? I have never
>> heard of this type of cane and am interested. Do they have a folding
>> model?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
>> Public Relations Committee
>> Maryland Association of Blind Students
>> Phone: (443) 547-2409
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark J.
>> Cadigan
>> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:50 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> Normally NFB canes are chin high, so someone definitely made an error.
>> However, NFB canes are customarily light and flexible with the metallic
>> tip.
>>
>> If you like the NFB stile cane, but want something a bit more durable,
>> check
>> out the Iowa cane.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Peter Wolfe" <yogabare13 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>
>>
>>>   In a related note, the NFB sent me a free minature cane in the mail
>>> that is waist high. Is this normal for a free requested cane or is
>>> something wrong? I wish that I could remember my normal cane, so that
>>> I could give its recommendation but cannot remember it exactly. All I
>>> know its from Canada and much more durable than this free minature
>>> thin cane with a flat coin shaped disc tip on it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> On 3/7/13, mr. Chikodinaka Oguledo <happychikao at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> i use my grafffight ultralight cane to go on plains airlines and with
>>>> my wife. but i relie on my lady Shee can see I can not see.
>>>>
>>>> On 3/7/13, Kendra Schaber <Baltimore777 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> I have not heard of it. It sounds like an interesting place to pick up
>>>>> a
>>>>> cane!
>>>>> Kendra
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "mr. Chikodinaka Oguledo" <happychikao at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 3:37 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> have u ever heard of cuestumcanes.com? google custum canes all 1word
>>>>>> no spaces btwine custum &canes! u can make a cane custumize 2your
>>>>>> likeings!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/6/13, Gloria Whipple <glowhi at centurylink.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The last time I ordered a free cane, it was just the straight can.
>>>>>>> They
>>>>>>> might of changed though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gloria Whipple
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>> Nusbaum
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 14:25
>>>>>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Carly,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What kind of cane was that? I thought the free cane program only
>>>>>>> provided
>>>>>>> straight canes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
>>>>>>> Public Relations Committee
>>>>>>> Maryland Association of Blind Students
>>>>>>> Phone: (443) 547-2409
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>>>> Carly
>>>>>>> Mihalakis
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:55 PM
>>>>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good morning, guys,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I got my favorite cane ever of all places FREE from the Federation.
>>>>>>> it is different in that it is a streight cane,  is not ramrod
>>>>>>> streight
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> might be the best cane with which I've ever worked.  This cane has
>>>>>>> survived
>>>>>>> being run over by a car, twice, as well as  tangled with both a bike
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> skateboard, as well as numerous other hazardous parels of Berkeley
>>>>>>> streets
>>>>>>> all  without busting.
>>>>>>> The cane is straight but I can't say enough about it. Free Cane
>>>>>>> Program
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> NFB https://www.nfb.org/free-cane-program
>>>>>>>   At 04:12 PM 3/5/2013, Gloria Whipple wrote:
>>>>>>>>I didn't like that cane either. I also like the folding cane with 
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>roller tip and the protection between the sections.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This cane has never given me any trouble. I have had this cane for a
>>>>>>>>couple years or more. I don't remember.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Gloria Whipple
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>>>>>Kendra
>>>>>>>>Schaber
>>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 16:09
>>>>>>>>To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm glad that the kind of NFB cane that I talked about was
>>>>>>>>discontinued! I think that it had too many problems for it to remain
>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>the market. As for the kind of cane that I like, I will promptly
>>>>>>>>agree
>>>>>>>>to disagree with you all
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>who like other kinds of canes than I do. It's all a matter of
>>>>>>>>apponyon.
>>>>>>>>I don't mind giving feed back on my personal experiences with canes.
>>>>>>>>Kendra
>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>From: "Paul Wick" <wickps at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 3:28 PM
>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > Hi Kendra,
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Just FYI the type of NFB cane you bought has since been
>>>>>>>> > discontinued, due to the problem you describe. However, as far as
>>>>>>>> > feedback goes nothing beats an NFB cane IMHO.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Best,
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Paul
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > On 3/5/13, Kendra Schaber <Baltimore777 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >> I personally like the folding canes that are made of graphite. I
>>>>>>>> >> like the roling marshmellow tip and the pretecters that keep the
>>>>>>>> >> joint edges from waring down. The graphite keeps the joints from
>>>>>>>> >> sticking when you go to unfold or fold your cane. I don't like
>>>>>>>> >> the
>>>>>>>> >> NFB white canes because I tryed one out back in 2006 because my
>>>>>>>> >> old
>>>>>>>> >> cane broke. The cane was one that folds
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> in half. Well anyway, I used it for a month but the strings
>>>>>>>> >> inside
>>>>>>>> >> of that cane broke shortly before the end of July of that year. 
>>>>>>>> >> I
>>>>>>>> >> also did not like
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> the tips because I would go through one tip a week. I quickly
>>>>>>>> >> went
>>>>>>>> >> back to the kind of cane that I use today after that. I like a
>>>>>>>> >> cane
>>>>>>>> >> that is stirty and durrable. I also like a cane that folds
>>>>>>>> >> because
>>>>>>>> >> I can keep it near me
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >> at
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> all times at work so that I can use it at any time that I need
>>>>>>>> >> without having to walk all the way to the house that I work out
>>>>>>>> >> of
>>>>>>>> >> just to use my cane. I don't often lay my cane down because it
>>>>>>>> >> can
>>>>>>>> >> get in the way while I'm
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> pulling up weeds. I also don't have a good place to stick my 
>>>>>>>> >> cane
>>>>>>>> >> up against
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> whenever I am in the garden outside. I find that a durrable
>>>>>>>> >> folding
>>>>>>>> >> cane is
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> the best cane for me.
>>>>>>>> >> Kendra
>>>>>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> >> From: "Ceci martinezl" <cmlhe at hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>> >> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>> >> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 5:30 PM
>>>>>>>> >> Subject: [Blindtlk] Getting a new cane?
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> Hello!
>>>>>>>> >>> So, I'm planning to get a new folding cane, just wondering, 
>>>>>>>> >>> what
>>>>>>>> >>> kind of cane would you recommend? and why?
>>>>>>>> >>> I really don't want a telescopic cane, that's all.
>>>>>>>> >>> Thanks!
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>>> -- 
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>>> Peter Q Wolfe, BA
>>> cum laude Auburn University
>>> e-mail: yogabare13 at gmail.com
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