Hiking Staff !

pitdog · Oct 16, 2009

Made myself a hiking staff yesterday, still needs another coat of varnish and a copper or rubber end for the bottom, what d'ya think?

Snakedoc · Oct 16, 2009

Looks good!!

hector81 · Oct 16, 2009

I like it a lot.
very cool rustic look.
is the wood dry?

matthewdanger · Oct 16, 2009

Love it! Is that a jute wrap?

I need to make myself a walking staff.

Snakedoc · Oct 16, 2009

Hey Pit, quick question. What happend to your funny little knife with the hump on the back??

KuRUpTD · Oct 16, 2009

Very cool ... what kind of wood is that ?

pitdog · Oct 16, 2009

Yeah the wood is dried it has been in my shed for about one year !
It is arrow wood or ocean spray which is pretty tough wood, I just trimmed the bark off in places and left it in others and then gave it a quick sanding before going over with a varnish !The top is a jute wrap.

pitdog · Oct 16, 2009

Snakedoc said:
Hey Pit, quick question. What happend to your funny little knife with the hump on the back??

Funny little knife with the hump,LOL !

Do ya mean my TTSK, I still use it regularly, this is a pic I took of it last week.....

Snakedoc · Oct 16, 2009

Yes, that's the one!! I guess I just haden't seen it in your photos for a while. I really like that knife!!

Happy trails.

brians · Oct 16, 2009

Good wackin stick

ratamahatta · Oct 16, 2009

looks good, I've been collecting different sticks around here to make into a few....

TheGame · Oct 16, 2009

Nice looking walking stick, pit! :thumbup:

Dannyboy Leather · Oct 16, 2009

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Stormstaff · Oct 17, 2009

Nice walking stick!

DOC-CANADA · Oct 17, 2009

Dannyboy Leather said:
Very nice, Pit. Have to love a good stick. :thumbup:

Lee Valley offers a nice walking stick tip with options that is worth exploring.

Canes Galore has a number of walking stick tips too. http://www.canesgalore.com/hiking-staffs-rustic-walking-sticks-accessories-hiking-staff-accessories-c-8_49_50.html

Really like that little ML knife, BTW. :thumbup:

Good link, DBL. I was going to go with the Lee Valley tips, but decided that it would be a pain to fit to my bamboo stick, so I went this way instead:

I silver soldered a 1/4-20 connector nut to a copper plumbing cap and then expoxied the cap to the bamboo. The joy of the 1/4- 20 connector is that different ends can be used, including a frog gig that will be adapted to 1/4-20.

Doc

Mistwalker · Oct 17, 2009

pitdog said:
Made myself a hiking staff yesterday, still needs another coat of varnish and a copper or rubber end for the bottom, what d'ya think?

Looks really good Pit. I learned I don't like rubber on mine, I prefer them to come to somewhat of a point so I can get a "bite" on a steep hillside. Sometimes in steep areas I'll stick my staff in the ground and brace my foot on it while I step to the next tree or "safe" footing. I've also used them as a "brake" when in an unintentional slide.

Diomedes Industries · Oct 17, 2009

If it was me Pit I would have stripped it totally back from the bark - then used a shard of broken glass to clean it up.

But that is pure aesthetics.

TF

dingobubba · Oct 17, 2009

I like it. Now ya gotta start carving things into it.
My twisted walker with a wood spirit i carved into it.

A Scottish thistle carving I finished a few weeks ago.

Brass cap from a 70ish end table. Works great and it cost me nothing.

This is what I do when I'm watching my son and he's napping. LOL