Thread: Wooden walking stick

Yes..... Paua shell inlays are another option.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

You can't tease me with only half the words showing...

And the Lord said unto Moses, “Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole. And it shall come to pass that every one who is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.”

Symbolic of the medical corps....

I have been asked what it is... Is called a pace stick,

https://www.bing.com/search?q=pace%2...C4252A888822CE

This one was used by the NZ contingent at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo...

huh, learnt something today, never heard of a pace stick before

Thank you LBD....that makes perfect sense now....

Not as fancy as you guys but it’s light , stiff and got a bit of character , no idea what sort of wood it is

If you want some walnut to make the handle from just let me know, I have a few off cuts kicking around

@Lucky that's a fine looking adze you have hiding there...used on wood or for digging??

@Micky Duck ,good eyes , I use it for digging ,awesome tool for chipping down a bit of hard ground

If you find a nice piece of wood you fancy, cut it longer than you need and glue the ends before you store it to dry, stops it splitting. May still warp though.

Was out walking last night and a big Kowhai has fallen over , has some good looking branches for walking sticks , going back tonight with a saw , question do you strip the bark of now for drying or leave it on ?

one does see lance wood in bush someone has knotted for a walking stick in years to come-- another worth a try is akeake used by early maori for taiha

Ive found lancewood too flexible to really trust it with all my weight.
Kanuka is my favourite, akeake is nice for something a little different

Went back to the Kowhai tonight , pretty big tree about 400 dia base , still surprisingly hard to find some straightish branch’s , only came back with 2 potentials

I have my grandad's lancewood walking stick, and it fits me perfectly must be pretty old; he was a Kauri bushman and a gumdigger in his early days and was born in 1886
All I can say is thanks, pop