The walking stick was passed down to him by his father Albert Coombe, who received it from his father, Henry Coombe.
"My grandfather used it all his life, then my father did and now I have had it for 40-odd years."
Henry Coombe had the walking stick made out of native timber after he arrived in New Zealand in about 1896.
There were two walking stick badges glued on to the front of the stick, one of them was of Loch Ness "Nessy", the other was a Scottish emblem of a set of pipes.
It had a curved handle and a rubber stopper on the bottom.
Mr Coombe described it as a gent's walking stick which was in mint condition. It was a light to medium wood colour with natural knots in the grain.
Mr Coombe said the walking stick was very sentimental to him.
"It's a family thing. I am a bit of a collector but I can't replace it. I would really just love to get it back," he said.
Mr Coombe remembered his father using the stick growing up.
"My father was a very distinguished person, he would wear gloves, trilby hats and use his walking stick. He was very proper. My father used the walking stick because it was customary to do so."
Mr Coombe described his father as a "very dapper fellow" .
"He, like me and my father, was a Freemason. It was customary for him to be in evening dress."
Not only loved for its sentimental purposes, Mr Coombe needed the stick everyday to help him walk because he suffers from myasthenia, a condition causing abnormal weakness of certain muscles.
"I would love my stick back."
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