Sticks, Umbrellas or other like Articles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Sticks, Umbrellas, or other like Articles.
I EMIL HAHN of 93 Hatton Garden London E.C. Dealer in Precious Stones,
trading as E. Hahn & Co do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In
My invention has reference to the use of stones in the manufacture of handles
for walking sticks, umbrellas or other like articles. Hitherto stone handles have
been formed of a single piece in the shape of a sphere, knob or other form.
the case of some stones, a piece large enough to form a handle is expensive, while
the use of a single stone gives little or no scope for variety of design apart from
the shape or configuration.
Now my invention consists in manufacturing handles of the kind referred to
from a number of pieces of stone or mineral substances of different kinds or colors
cut to such shapes that when fitted together they make up the sphere knob, or
other form desired for the handle, the result being a species of inlaid work. The
stones may be either real or imitation or artificial and among those suitable for the
purpose I may mention cornelian, malachite, porphyry, granite, marble, agate,
bloodstone, onyx, crystal, Labrador, crocidolite, and hematite ore.
Having selected the stones (two or more kinds of which may be used in
manufacturing a handle) I cut them into pieces or slices of the required shapes
and I then fit them together into the form of the sphere or other shape of
handle desired and unite them by means of cement. When the cement has set
I finish and polish the handle formed of these combined pieces and then drill a
hole therein to receive the top of the stick.
In order to strengthen the handles or to unite the pieces more securely, they
may be further fastened by a screw or wire which I prefer to insert before the last
or outside layer of stone is cemented on so that this layer may conceal it.
I will explain as examples several ways in which I may make up handles from
pieces of stone. According to one way I cut small slabs or slices say th to th
of an inch thick of two varieties of stone, say for example, bloodstone and some

page_text: imitation stone such as avanturine; I arrange these alternately one upon another
so as to form a sphere or knob and unite them together by cement, after which
I finish and polish and finally drill the hole for the stick. According to another
way I cut pieces of the shape of segments of a sphere and unite two or more
varieties of these segments into the form of a sphere, then finish, polish and drill
as before. According to another way I take a spherical or other piece of real or
imitation stone, cut holes or recesses therein and then fill up these holes with
pieces of another stone, imitation or real, and finally finish, polish and drill as
before.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Handles for Walking
Sticks, Umbrellas; or other like Articles.
I EMIL HAHN, of 93 Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Dealer in Precious Stones,
trading as E. Hahn & Co do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has reference to the use of stones in the manufacture of handles
for walking sticks, umbrellas or other like articles. Hitherto stone handles have
been formed of a single piece in the shape of a sphere, knob, or other form. In
the case of some stones, a piece large enough to form a handle is expensive, while
the use of a single stone gives little or no scope for variety of design apart from
the shape or configuration.
Now my invention consists in manufacturing handles of the kind referred to
from a number of pieces of stone or mineral substances of different kinds or colors
cut to such shapes and fitted together so as to make up the sphere, knob or other
form desired for the handle, the result being a species of inlaid work. The stones
may be either real or imitation or artificial and among those suitable for the
purpose I may mention cornelian, malachite, porphyry, granite, marble, agate,
bloodstone, onyx, crystal, Labrador, crocidolite and hematite ore.
Having selected the stones (two or more kinds of which may be used in manu-
facturing a handle) I cut them into pieces or slices of the required shapes and
I then fit them together into the form or approximate form of the sphere or other
shape of handle desired and unite them by means of cement
When the cement
has set, I cut, finish and polish the handle formed of these combined pieces and
then drill a hole therein to receive the top of the stick.
In order to strengthen the handles or to unite the pieces more securely they may
be further fastened by a screw or wire which I may insert before the last or outside
layer of stone is cemented on so that this layer may conceal it.
In the annexed drawings I show as examples various ways in which I may
make up handles from pieces of stone. According to the way illustrated in
Figure 1 I cut small slabs or slices, say th to 4th of an inch thick, of two varieties
of stone, say, for example, bloodstone and some imitation stone, such as avanturine;
I arrange these alternately one upon another, as shown, so as to form approximately
the sphere or knob required and unite them together by cement, after which I cut,
finish and polish and finally drill the hole (as seen in dotted lines) for the stick.
Figure 2 shows a spherical knob or handle made of slabs or slices of two varieties
of stone, real or artificial, and united together as in Figure 1 but with the hole
for the stick drilled in a line parallel with the joints of the slabs instead of at
right angles thereto as in Figure 1. Figure 2 also shows a wire, pin or screw
employed in the manner already herein described to unite the pieces or slabs more
securely; this wire is inserted before the two outer slabs are cemented on and is
therefore concealed by them. Figures 3 and 4 represent handles or knobs made
up in a similar manner to that shown in Figure 1 but of different forms. Figure 5

page_text: represents a handle made up of pieces in the form approximately of segments of a
sphere, in combination with a bottom piece in the form of a section of a sphere.
Figure 6 represents a handle likewise formed of spherical segments with two small
pieces at the top. Figure 7 represents a knob the greater portion of which is
formed of one piece of stone while the remainder is made up of a number of
segmental pieces. Figure 8 represents a spherical knob made up of a number of
rectangular pieces so as to form a sort of check or mosaic. Figure 9 shows
an elongated or tapered handle composed of alternate layers of two different
stones. Figure 10 represents a knob made of a single piece of stone with holes or
recesses cut therein, these holes or recesses being filled up with pieces of another
stone, imitation or real. Figures 11 and 12 show knobs made up of several pieces
of stone, some of which have holes or recesses cut therein, as in Figure 10, these
holes being similarly filled up with pieces of another stone.
Any desired number of kinds of stone, real or imitation, can be used to make
up a handle or knob and the handle or knob may be of any shape or configuration
or pattern required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. Manufacturing handles for walking sticks, umbrellas or other like articles by
taking a number of pieces of stones or mineral substances, real or imitation, of
different kinds or colors, cut to such shapes that when fitted together they make up,
or approximately so, the sphere or other form required for the handle, then uniting
the said pieces together, cutting, finishing and polishing the handle or knob thus
produced and finally drilling a hole therein to receive the top of the stick, substan-
tially as described.
2. In the manufacture of handles in the manner referred to in claim 1, I claim
the use of wires, pins or screws as described to strengthen the handles or to unite
the pieces inore securely.