Walking-sticks manufactured today by RAVARINI CASTOLDI & C. are mostly exact copies of items already manufactured during the past century. They are made in different shapes and by different materials.
Both beauty and functionality of each model results from the happy match of shape-mainly of the handle and material.
The main shapes, each one meeting a particular aesthetical and functional requirement, are illustrated in the picture besides.
The CROOK and the CRUTCH are the most known and used shapes: they give the walker an easier support. Other handles like the MILORD, the SPHERE, the Knob and the onion shaped one are set on the top of straight sticks the most elegant for the afternoon and evening. SQUARE, GOLF and MAILLOCHE mainly made by natural materials, match preferably sportwear. The most refined materials are: ebony and malacca and a large assortment of canes and silver in different finishing. Every walking-stick marked with the small white RCM disk ends in a real horn tip, which makes the support more elastic and preserves the stem’s wood from the humidity of the ground. RAVARINI CASTOLDI & C. produces in addition to “classical” models some “special” ones: let us remind the “WHISKY-HOLDER” stick, the “HORSE MEASURING” stick, the “LIGHTER” stick, the “PIPE” stick, the “FISHING-ROD” stick, the “PEN” stick, the “WATCH” stick and the “GAMES” stick. Every RCM, 1867 walking-stick is checked and checked before leaving the factory. It gives the largest guarantee to last long and represents a precious
&pièce unique” for the collector.