He creates Gullah-inspired walking sticks that range from ... and oak to a more intricate stick, carved with abstract patterns, and ones that have faces of animals or objects.

displayed 46 hand-carved canes at the junior high’s hobby program in 1940; and made and gave away walking sticks made from wood from Kearney’s first school building and also from a Christmas tree.

I found them kind of fascinating when I was a kid. My father’s stepfather, Enrico, had a few hand-carved walking sticks. So did one of my favorite TV characters from the 1960s. John Steed ...