[Blindtlk] Question about an old cane...

[Jude DaShiell]

One thing I remember about cane travel back in the 1960's was that cane 
travelers would have heels of leather shoes fitted with metal cleets. 
The reason for that was the sound those cleets made would bounce off any 
close targets they were passing and allow for what Mobility Trainers 
call shadow vision to be used to pick the echos up off those close 
objects like light poles.  Shadow vision is really the ear's sonar 
passing by things like walls and a person hears something different on 
one side as oposed to another so may be passing the wall of a building.

On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, Judy Jones via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:38:34
> From: Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about an old cane...
> 
> I wouldn't know about the antique value, but I remember seeing these canes as a young child.  My husband remembers its use as well.  Cane travel as we know it today was quite new back then, and was very liberating for lots of blind people to have a definite standardized system for independent travel.
>
> Judy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Kelm via blindtlk
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 7:27 PM
> To: Blind Talk
> Cc: James Kelm
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Question about an old cane...
>
> Dear friends,
>
>    I have what may be a rather unusual question, but I?m hoping that you may have an idea for me.  Recently my wife (who is sighted) was in the hospital.  When the older lady who was my wife?s ?roommate? learned that I was blind, she in formed my wife that the roommate and her husband once owned and operated an antique shop.  She told my wife that she had a special gift for me.
>
>    The next day my wife?s roommate?s husband brought a hard wood white cane, and presented it to my wife.  The husband told my wife that the cane was made in the 1940?s.
>
>    The cane looks to be in very nice condition.  It is made of hard wood, and has a Shepard's hook handle.  The tip is metal.  My wife tells me that the Shepard's hook handle is done in a natural wood finish, while the body of the cane is painted white.  From about a foot up from the bottom going all the way down to the bottom, the cane is painted red.
>
>    Does anyone know anything about this type of cane?  Is it worth anything to collectors, or is it simply a thoughtful gift from a sighted couple to a blind guy?  I can?t really see myself using this cane, but my wife is rather excited at what she thinks might be an antique.  What do you guys think?
>
>
> Respectfully,
> James Kelm
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