The object at hand is a cane — slender yet strong, gleaming black, its handle widely arched to fit a big hand. The perfect accessory for a man with gracefully silvered hair, strikingly black ...

selling about 10 million canes a year, all handmade, all hand packaged. But how has it kept the tradition alive for 100 years? Kammy Stucker: To me, I think Hammond's has lasted over 100 years ...