Hand Carved "Woodcock" Hiking Stick 

Absolutely beautiful work, the painting really was something else ❤ My best friend moved down to Hereford from Liverpool decades ago. They lived on a farm and tried to get involved in the country life of their neighbours. My friend was asked to go on a shoot, and, not wanting to appear like a townie he accepted. They had dogs flushing out the birds, and my mate saw a bird go up and thought he’d pretend to shoot it and miss on purpose. He was such a bad shot, with one pull of the trigger he unfortunately killed the poor bird much to his sorrow. The bird, was a Woodcock…………………. He never went on a shoot again.

There was an American Woodcock in my lane this fall. They are rare these days and very interesting to watch. I carve but haven’t tried painting the pieces yet. Thank you for your example.

Lovely Grahame ! Better add a label that warns of loss if dropped in tall, wild grass due to natural camouflaging. Thanks for sharing🙏 Take care. -Mike😷

You have a good eye for a beauty. The shape and the painting is amazing!

Excellent job a master piece what talent 👌

Well done. Was a joy to watch

Hi Grahame... that's a cracking job... the painting is beautiful... well done...take care...All the best.....Andy

Brilliant work Grahame, you have far more patience than me. Keep safe, John

Thanks for sharing and for visiting my channel.. Returning Support with Full View and Like.. Hope you have a good weekend.. Very cool, I hadn't done any wood carving by hand in a long time.. Great work..

That is some Amazing work!!!!

That’s a really pice off art thanks for sharing

What a brilliant end result! Did you just use glue (wood glue I’m guessing?) to fix the head to the stick? It looked like the hole you had carved wasn’t super snug (I may be wrong about that), so wanted to check you hadn’t done anything else. I’ve just made my first attempt (also just released a video about it if you’re interested) so I want to learn some more before my next attempt!!

Hi Grahame, That is astonishing. Were the first layers to give depth to the final layer? I'm speechless, and that doesn't happen often. LOL. Take care my friend. Cheers, Huw

I would love to see you make it without power tools.