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Includes current pieces and older items. Inquire about any items noted as up for sale. Designs copyright Dan Manley 2026

Necklace holder mount pieces, under construction. For my wife.
Remainder of holder will be steel. Tiger maple, figured walnut and birch.
Built Linus addition for our Peanuts display, here set up in Christmas mode.
Tiki with finish completed.
Stained, then 3 coats of spar urethane as it will be displayed outside. Distressed in-between coats with brown stain.
Tiki has color changing LED's inside, example of color shift. These are temporary, water-proof set will be installed.
Thistle walking stick completed.
Top of walking stick. Blossom sealed with UV resistant polyurethane, rest of stick finished with 3 coats of teak oil.
Leaf detail on front of walking stick.
Initials on back were filled in with enamel paint matching thistle blossom, made from purpleheart wood.
Tiger maple Organic Flame design walking stick. This walking stick won an honorable mention and a Rockler Woodworking industry award at the 2019 Orange County Fair.
Tiger maple and walnut Organic Flame walking stick on display at the OC Fair.
Inset figured walnut hand grips.
3D printed emblem for handle top.
OC Fair 2019 catalog image of contest winners included this nice shot of the walking stick..
Most complex walking stick, vine and thorns design, figured sapele.
Took a long time to finish as design had difficult elements.
Hot Rod Tiki walking stick, made for our first family trip to Hawaii.
From top, myself, my wife, my son and the Tiki god of fire, sitting on a hemi piston. Koa wood, in 2 pieces, unscrews for packing.
Automotive themed cane for sister's FIL. Walnut with burl walnut hand grips.
Modeled up emblems in vintage Ford style (last name is Rude) and had 3D printed in nickel steel.
Peanuts display, built as gift for my wife, have a variety of accessories, this is the Christmas setup.
Shelves on wall built for neighbor to match his George Nakashima dining room set. I refinished the table and sideboard as well.
Simple mid-century modern inspired walking stick, Sapele.
Mid century modern walking stick details.
50th anniversary frame for my parents. Curly maple, figured walnut. Laser engraved.r
Frame for my son's college graduation photo.
Wedding gift for friends. Curly maple, figured walnut, sapele, bubinga. Names and date laser engraved.
Christmas card "set" I built in 1989. Frame made from fir.
Desk plaque and business card holder for my son. Walnut, zebrawood, maple, sapele and 3D printed letters in nickel steel.
Chopsticks and holder for my son. Variety of hardwoods.
Desk plaque for my sister. Curly maple, figured walnut, sapele. Laser engraved.
Candle holder, gift to my wife. Figured walnut, sapele, maple, zebrawood.
Candle holder, wedding gift to niece. Figured maple, crotch walnut, sapele.
Dining room table, built for my wife, completed in 1994. Birds-eye pine and white oak.
Pontiac hood ornament themed cane, sapele.
Side of handle are laminated.
Sapele version of Organic Flame design walking stick.
Sunlight really brings out the grain in the sapele.
Leaf and Vine theme walking stick. Mahogany.
Simplified vine and leaves walking stick, gift to my father. Sapele.
Pontiac Tiki-bird theme walking stick. Mahogany.
Details below the bird taken from tikis seen in Hawaii.
First walking stick, made for my son when he was 4. Golden leopard frog on cat-tail.
Family member totem pole walking stick, made for my son when he visited Alaska in the 5th grade. Based on Alaskan Tlingit Indian totem poles. Spruce
White oak version of Organic Flame design walking stick. Hole on top to hold "hood ornaments."
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V8 Tiki "hood ornament" carved for walking stick topper.
Variety of hood ornament themed walking stick toppers. Made from maple and painted silver. Cast a number of these in resin.
Resin castings of walking stick "hood ornaments" shown displayed on light-up Hot Rod flame walking stick handle.
Gas station bird feeder.
VW Bus diner birdfeeder, wedding gift to my cousin Don and his wife.
Antique barn bird feeder. Gift to my cousin Bob and his wife.
A&P bird feeder. Gift to my grandparents. Grandfather was regional manager of A&P supermarkets in N.E.
Theater Duex Birdies bird feeder. For a good friend and his wife, as a wedding present. It appears the birds are attacking the people when eating.
Halloween game for my son's Cub Scout troop. Figures in windows are knocked over with mini pumpkins.
Pinewood derby car, built with my son for Cub Scouts. He did much of the work.
Charles Rennie Macintosh inspired walking stick, walnut.
Charles Rennie Macintosh rose design inspired walking stick, walnut. Gift to my wife.
Commissioned walking stick in tiki theme, mahogany.
Tiki bird and dolphin theme, along with water motif.
Walking stick in laminated pine.
Early walking stick, flame theme with 1952 Pontiac Indian hood ornament insert set in. Lights up.
Laminated pine walking stick, open design. Featured on Dremel video.
First cane, Organic Flame theme, made for my grandmother as gift. Mahogany. Has been lost.
Organic Flame themed cane, walnut and curly maple.
Stained glass themed cane, sapele, curly maple, agates.
Serpentine cane in mahogany and walnut, gift to my mother.
Probabilities cane, african mahogany and curly maple, gift to my father.
Subatomic particle (polished metal bearing) moving through space with waves of probabilities coming off.
Serpentine theme walking stick, mahogany.
Leaf style cane in tiger maple and walnut.
Seed pod cane in laminated pine. Plan a walking stick version of this design.
Crafstman style cane, mahogany, gift to friend's mother, in Finland.
Serpentine cane in stained mahogany.
Swerve cane in walnut, sapele, zebrawood and bubinga. Design follows grain in walnut.
Twist theme cane, walnut, mahogany and sapele.
Sly Cooper cane, only one made. Walnut.
Cane stand for my collection, figured walnut, sapele, birds-eye maple, zebrawood.
Deck built for my uncle's home in N.H. while on the "Bob Across America" trip, 1988. Pressure treated wood.
Palm frond tiki # 1. Backlit with green LED's.
Palm frond Tiki # 1 at night.
Palm frond Tiki #2, more traditional design.
Backlit palm frond Tiki #3.

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