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Holiday Cane. This cane, made of basswood, required 300 hours to complete. Notice the jolly Santa bust, New Year's baby and Father Time, hearts with sign language, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the Easter Bunny, the Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty and firecrackers, a black cat and pumpkin face, and a cornucopia, pilgrim and Native American.

iCivil War Cane. Taking 400 hours to complete, this cane features Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, Houser ICannon, the first unofficial Confederate Flag, |the first official [Confederate Flag, two Confederate soldiers, General Ulysses S. Grant, a Union sailor, a Union soldier, the balloon ^Intrepid," a southern soldier, a slave soldier, a bugler, and a drummer boy.

Bible Cane. Made of poplar, this cane took 200 hours of carving time. It features the lamb of God, the serpent around the tree of knowledge, Jonah and the Whale, the two witnesses who are to precede Jesus' coming again (Moses and Elijah), Jesus coming down out of heaven on a white horse for the war of Armageddon, and the colossal image of Nebuchadnezzar's dream.

Hershal Borders with one of his elaborately carved pieces, the Holiday Cane.

August, 2000

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