Making A Hickory Walking Stick

Take about 6 inches 15cm of line and glue it vertically along your stick.

Making a hickory walking stick.

Trim it to length. Shave off any bark you plan to remove with a whittling knife. Tightly wrap the remaining cord from top to bottom completely covering the glued on strip and tie it off at the bottom where the line ends. Then across the width of the cane mark 3 4 above and below each joint.

Choosing and cutting 1. Whittle off the bark. Bring the water to a simmer. This nice man explains how to make a walking stick from the beginning of a branch then adds style decorations and accessories to make them all unique if you.

Pour about an inch of water into a pot and put the pot on the stove. A few exotic hardwoods also resist bending but. If you can find them cherrybark oak and pignut hickory are among the strongest north american hardwoods. You can use dead dry wood but it s hard to carve and makes a weak walking stick.

In by backwoods i have cherry poplar and black walnut. Tinder kindling and larger branches for fuel and while you re at it look for a piece of wood to make a sturdy walking stick. Lay the cane flat on it s side and with a pencil along the length of the cane mark the center of the cane 1 above and below the joints. A good walking stick starts with a good piece of wood of course.

Dip each end of. If possible use fresh wood. However most common types of oak and hickory will also make strong walking sticks. Measure where your hand comfortably grasps the stick with it upright in front of you.

How to dry wood for walking sticks 1. Once you find a strong straight piece of wood hickory ash maple work really well. Birch ironwood black cherry ash and maple are also very stiff strong woods. This is where you will drill to insert the 1 4 side dowels.

Put some wax in a. Find a good stick. Cut your wood to length making sure both ends are free of splits. Hardwood from deciduous leafy trees is better than evergreen softwood because it is less gummy.

If you find a very desirable branch that you d like to use but it s too green cut it and whittle it to debark it but let it dry outdoors for several weeks before treating it and finishing. You can remove some all or none of the bark from the.