Walking Stick thread!

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Here is the finished product. You can see I worked the knife to round the top - then used some broken glass to take some of the edges off - I wanted a look of 'rustic but used' - and I like the result.

This is one of my fav's for strength and durability.

Off to its new owner.

TF
 
Sorry bro - don't know.

Hard wood for sure - some of the hardest I have used.

It was felled by beavers and abandoned near the Brazos river - and I grabbed a few.



They had eaten the shoots and leaves - and I am not that good at tree ID WITH leaves! ;)

TF
 
Looks good 'Ol Bud...I also make Walking stick's:thumbup: I enjoy doing it...never tried to sale 'em I always just gave'em away :p Looks Smooth & I like the way you done the rounded end ! What kinda finish do you put on yours ? I use MinWax Poly/stain :thumbup:
 
Minwax is good stuff, used it on a beech .22 stock a while ago and the finish has held up well. Easy to apply.
 
Cool walking stick. I was going to get one while I was at a Cherokee reservation just as a souvenir, but I spent all expendable outcome at SMKW.

Thanks for sharing :thumbup:
 
I found the perfect staff billet and need some inspiration.:D Any tips would also be apreciated.
Thanks,
3wolves.
 
the trick to a hiking staff is something stiff enough to give you solid support, with good footing, yet still enough flex to not shock your elbow with every step. Weight is also a factor, you don't want a hiking staff that weighs 5 pounds. I like a simple leather wrap with a lanyard, but if I had a nice billet I would probably do something scandinavian related-probably runes with a darker wax on the rest of the staff. Nowadays everybody uses carbon or graphite staffs anyway...
 
i was actually gonna go harvest some wood for a walking stick tommorow. if the weather holds out i'll post some pics :D
 
While out in the woods I try to keep an eye out for the perfect staff, it would be Orange osage with a side limb for a hook and forked at the bottom.
 
I generally keep an eye out & pick one up on the way in. In steep country, I prefer a staff length one.

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As you can see it's nothing flash, but it works :D



Kind regards
Mick
 
Here's my favourite hiking staff:

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It was made by Bushman5, and I was lucky enough to win it in a give away. It's a beast! It's solid oak with a neat barbed wire design burnt in, scorched rings, and a linseed oil / epoxy finish. I take this on some of my hikes, particularly when there is a risk of encountering stray dogs or other critters.

All the best,

- Mike
 
Couldn't find the walking stick thread, so I figured I'd share some recent work here.

The first is for myself. Nothing fancy. Don't know what kind of wood. Someone must've pulled it out of the woods, because it's been sitting around where I work for months. Last week I tossed it in my trunk and set to work.
Trimmed the knots, sanded, treated with tung oil. Handle is a simple wrap of jute, which was then soaked in shellac. Tip is a copper endcap and a woodscrew.

That was the practice piece for #2, which is a cane for my grandfather. The shaft came from a sapling I cut down in the woods a few years ago, and has been curing in a closet (read: forgotten) ever since. I don't know what it is, but it has this great twisting shape to it. Very strong, too. Handle is carved from a solid block, but again I don't know the wood species. I snagged it from the sculpture studio before I left college. Attached with epoxy and a steel rod. The seam was then given a jute treatment similar to the grip of the other stick. Again, whole thing treated with tung oil. Tip is done the same, only I added an orthopedic, rubber cane-tip over it.

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