In this video, I will restore a very old mountaineer walking stick cane that was forgotten in an abandoned building since World War 2. The cane is beautifully decorated with metallic badges representing the Polish Mountains. Seems that the owner was a dedicated mountain fellow. I love this object, and when I saw it for the first time, I knew it would make a great restoration video and deserve to be restored and preserved. I will hang it on my wall in the workshop. The restoration process went well, and I had the chance to experiment with new things, like copper plating. I am happy about how this old walking stick turned out, and I hope you like it, too. For me, it is like jewelry now. If you enjoyed the video and my work, please don't forget to subscribe to not miss my new restoration projects. Cheers!
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0:00 Introduction
0:13 The flat was a time capsule from WW2
0:28 All these emblems represent Mountain Peaks
0:42 The handle is actually a bear head
0:47, but it is full of cracks
3:17 Sandblasting the wooden parts only
6:51 Yummy
7:29 Meanwhile, I'm preparing some copper solution
7:37 Washing all metallic parts
8:55 Dude, leave me alone! What are you doing?
9:30 I will make another one
10:04 Copper plating
10:52 Works well.
10:59 Preparing the nickel plating solution
11:05 Polishing the copper-plated surface
11:42 Looks old and better than before
14:01 Stop petting me!
14:33 Wood oil
15:44 Progression grit from 800-9000
16:42 Waiting for a few hours to get dry
16:55 And now I can apply varnish
17:01 The color will change after it gets dry
17:08 Now it looks like blood almost
17:48 Assembling the walking stick
19:21 Gluing the handle
20:21 Now can be used as a wall decoration
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