Janesville's Lenny Staller creates canes, walking and hiking sticks.
A pair of laminated canes made by Lenny Staller in his Janesville shop. On the left, different types of woods form a patchwork type shaft, while on the right, dyed veneers laminated together create a more colorful look.
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A variety of cane and walking stick grips wait to be installed in Leny Staller's Janesville workshop.
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In his crowded workshop, Lenny Staller sands the shaft for a new cane. Staller owns Lenny's Canes in Janesville.
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Lenny Staller works on a cane in the congested shop area of his cane and walking stick store in Janesville.
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Lenny Staller hard at work in the shop area of his cane and walking stick store in Janesville.
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Lenny Staller with some of the estimated 1,500 canes and walking sticks in his Janesville shop. Staller makes all of the sticks that he sells.
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A great variety of sports teams, schools, branches of the military, and other groups are honored on Lenny Staller canes.
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This rifle quad-cane design started out as a custom order for Lenny Staller.
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Several of the canes in Lenny Staller's Janesville shop feature different carved mushrooms as handles. Staller's shop has about 1500 different canes and walking sticks for sale.
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A well worn baseball becomes a cane topper in Lenny Staller's hands. Staller's shop has about 1500 different canes and walking sticks for sale.
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Piles of Sticks in Lenny Staller's workshop wait to be turned into canes and walking sticks.
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Lenny Staller's hands have decades of woodworking experience that shows while he free hand cuts a cane handle on a band saw in his Janesville shop.
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Lenny Staller peers through the grip of a dyed veneer cane. The cane is a new design and not yet for sale.
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The handles from beer taps make perfect handles on some of Lenny Staller's canes and walking sticks.
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A shaft of walnuts, reinforced by a steel rod and topped by a simple twig handle make a rustic looking cane. Lenny Staller has about 1,500 canes and walking sticks in his Janesville shop.
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The shaft of one of Lenny Staller's canes is made from part of a palm tree.
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Some of Lenny Staller's 1,500 canes have animals on the top.
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The top of this mulberry root walking stick has been formed into a pitchfork shape by Lenny Staller.