My family purchased me a stickmaking book for Christmas, and now I'm interested. I'd like to give it a go, and was wondering if there's anyone here who has some seasoned sticks that are about 1 inch in diameter, and anywhere from 4 to 5 feet in length.
Sticks?
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You mean for walking sticks???
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Yes!
Check out wood for trade Lilac thread.
How seasoned? And do they need special characteristics? I, and almost all other hoarders, tend to have a few laying around. By the way, you will want those shipped ups if trying to get flat rate shipping.
Watch your fence rows. When the farmers clean out, there aware often unique sticks. Remember to avoid sumac.
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These are just practice, so almost anything sturdy would work. I would say at least a few months seasoned, so I can store them over the winter. I don't know what the rules and regulations are for "legally" finding sticks and taking them ...
Talk to any farmer. Offer to cut them out of the fencers. Most will be more than happy to let you clear a few saplings from the fences
the one with the duck is from the edge of my dad's pond. The smooth one is a sapling poplar that got broken and healed back. The twisted is fence row find with vine wrap. I have root turns and branches on trees that fell and kept growing
branches from saplings that were a little too big but had a nice turn to the branch
I am not trying to sell these. I am just giving a few pointers for local stick collecting.Not to mention the piles of straight leyland cypress from landscaping at a neighbors place
all it takes is a couple remarks in the right place and you can drive to @Eric Rorabaugh 's house and get a pickup truck full... 
That lilac is a cool stick that John has and not too many folks have a lilac walking stick, I.would likely grab one of those if I was out of sticks. Which , my wife can tell you, is not really where I am right now.
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Thanks! I'm still learning what to look for and have a few long walks coming up ... I'll see what I can find out there, or at least who to talk to.View attachment 220028the one with the duck is from the edge of my dad's pond. The smooth one is a sapling poplar that got broken and healed back. The twisted is fence row find with vine wrap. I have root turns and branches on trees that fell and kept growingView attachment 220033branches from saplings that were a little too big but had a nice turn to the branchView attachment 220034 I am not trying to sell these. I am just giving a few pointers for local stick collecting.
Not to mention the piles of straight leyland cypress from landscaping at a neighbors placeView attachment 220035all it takes is a couple remarks in the right place and you can drive to @Eric Rorabaugh 's house and get a pickup truck full...
That lilac is a cool stick that John has and not too many folks have a lilac walking stick, I.would likely grab one of those if I was out of sticks. Which , my wife can tell you, is not really where I am right now.
Your book on the sticks or carving or... ? Watch for old horse Hames for brass
caps.The brass duck head is an old dresser top organizer plate decoration.
Impressive amount of tedious work required to complete this cane! The weave pattern is captivating! Chuck
Have you got any sticks to show off? Just stumbled on a site called stickman.co.uk or something like that that has all sorts of supplies and diy parts for sticks
Then there's Mike Stinnet's to aspire to. The man's gots patience - lots and lots of patience!!! He starts with say a 6x6 or bigger and carves off all that is not a snake cane, burns the scales and other details in and paints. However, my favorites are the viney ones that Frank was showing you. I'm all out of the viney ones - all I have left is some short pieces - say 2' long or less. Blackthorn is popular in the British Isles (hawthorn is a substitute here and is excellent), and if you can find some diamond willow - it always seems popular.
Hello
I have black locust sticks large quantity and lenght
As you can see on pictures burl is at the knob handle,on picture is walking stick made from 3 pieces,But I can offer size that you mention suitable for one pice walking stick
On picture is walking stick with hiden blade
I have black locust sticks large quantity and lenght
As you can see on pictures burl is at the knob handle,on picture is walking stick made from 3 pieces,But I can offer size that you mention suitable for one pice walking stick
On picture is walking stick with hiden blade
DW sticks.
