Question about John's Cane

Shrieker_Fan · Post by **Shrieker_Fan** » 01 Jun 2005, 12:49

Does anyone know how long John Hammond's cane is? I'd really appreciate it. Also is that a real mosquitto in the cane amber or is it fake?

Post by **Jon** » 01 Jun 2005, 14:12

There are Cane's like Hammond's on E-bay. Look around there.

Shrieker_Fan · Post by **Shrieker_Fan** » 01 Jun 2005, 14:22

There curently is no one selling any on ebay. I'm talking to someone who offered me their's but it doesn't look like the Icons cane. Is there another replica maker besides Icons who makes the canes? Also he said it was 30 inches long and I'm trying to find out if that's the actual length of the real one. I would really appreciate any info.

nissin · Post by **nissin** » 02 Jun 2005, 01:32

I'll see what I can find, and I'll let you know asap!
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Nissin

nissin · Post by **nissin** » 02 Jun 2005, 01:47

Okay well, I've found a bit of good news,
I found something which MIGHT help,

On the website: http://www.slipups.com/items/17195.html

It says:

Jurassic Park - Molded Amber

In the scene where John Hammond is looking at the top of his cane, you see it is made out of one of those pieces of amber with the mosquito inside. What you can also see, when they do the close-up of the amber, is the line where they stuck the two halves together! While Hammond is turning it slowly, watch for the way it catches the light down the middle, showing the seam.

I think that this sadly means that the amber incased with the mosiquito, on the top of John Hammond's cane is actually likely to be a fake amber.
it's actually quite, real looking, so if you've got any plans on making one of your own, you'll find the method for making it.
If you can't be bothered to look, here are the instructions directly from the website:

How to make fake amber artifacts 101:

1) Get an egg-shaped mould, and half fill it with the liquid resin.
2) Wait for it to set solid.
3) Place the dead insect on the top surface of the now hardened resin.
4) Fill the remaining space in the mould with more liquid resin.
5) When hardened, remove mould.

You now have a fake lump of amber, complete with embedded insect. It has to be made in two stages, or the insect will simply sink to the bottom of the liquid. The only giveaway is that you can usually see the 'join'. Check out plastic paperweights with encapsulated objects to see this for yourself.

Tyrannosaur · Post by **Tyrannosaur** » 02 Jun 2005, 12:39

I could've sworn it was at least 32-34 inches.

allosaur176 · Post by **allosaur176** » 05 Jun 2005, 14:09

I know of a maker who is currently producing the canes, I have one on order, and should be here next week.. I'll let you know that quality when it arrives

Shrieker_Fan · Post by **Shrieker_Fan** » 06 Jun 2005, 22:52

I thought I checked the box that say's it'll let me know when someone replies when I first posted this and thought no one cared. Thanks for all the replies /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> . I didn't know it was that easy to make fake amber.

allosaur176 Posted on 06.05.2005 13:10
I know of a maker who is currently producing the canes, I have one on order, and should be here next week.. I'll let you know that quality when it arrives

I didn't know someone was making the canes still. Can you tell me how much you paid and the site and or the email address you got it from? I'd really appreciate it.