I was sorting through some junk on a stall at a steam fair when something caught my eye. It appeared to be the handle of an old walking stick, so I took a closer look. It was in fact a battered and badly split Malacca cane umbrella handle. The handle itself was beyond repair, but it did have a very nice silver capping and collar. Unfortunately the stallholder was aware of this, but after a bit of haggling we struck a bargain and I became the proud owner of a broken umbrella handle.

Back home, I removed and cleaned up the silverware. The hallmark on the capping was quite worn, but it appears to be a 1923 mark of the London Assay Office. The collar is unmarked, but both have matching decorative engraving.

The question now was what to do with them. This called for something a little different from my usual style; the handle needed to taper outwards from the smaller spacer to the larger capping, mimicking the shape of the original Malacca cane. The silver fittings also demanded a more formal appearance, in keeping with earlier times.