making a walking stick from a Hickory sapling. I add on to the projects I am doing by making a walking stick from a hickory sapling. As if I was not doing enough stuff already.
Nice! Lived in Leon County Texas for 10 years. Mom and Dad retired there. We moved back to the Texas Gulf Coast in 1990. The trees you talked were about what we had up there. Parents have since passed and the place got sold. Not much around where I live for making sticks. Never know what you got till it's gone.
Good day to you , fellow crafts person !!! I know that I am very late to this video , & I apologize for that !!! Being a whittling / woodcarver of over 50 years , I thought that I would share just one little tid bit that I learned along the way , having worked in this area before , going back several decades !!! Whether I am making the walking staff for myself or another , before I nail down the location of the handle , I , or the intended recipient , needs to put in some actual walking time with the stick , to see where the hand actually ends up , under extended use conditions !!! & once that spot of comfort is determined , I then add 6" above the thumb& forefinger spot & 6" bellow the pinky finger spot & embellish that area with a suitable grip , wrapped or carved etc. !!! Hope that this might help , in the actual planning of someone's next project , of a similar nature !!!
That is all excellent advice! I will, however, tell you that the walking stick part of my business was kind of an accident. I had burned some undergrowth at my place that killed a bunch of hickory saplings I had. I have plenty of firewood already and cold not bring myself to just burn it. So I made the walking sticks instead. I am primarily a wood turner and that is where my passion lies. When I make these it will be in small batches, with no frills, and done in such a way to help keep my cost per unit as low as I can. I sill have some of the saplings left to work with. My booth at shows only has to items that are not turned, these sticks, and my cutting boards. Everything else comes off of the lathe. It at some point I decide that I want to delve deeper into this part of my business, like after I retire from my job, I will certainly enthusiastically take your advice! Thanks for the advice and for watching!
Nice walking stick! I started doing walking sticks a few months ago when my mother had some maples, Camellia bushes and a Red Tip Photinia cut down. It’s just something fun to do. Any rack I fill with epoxy.
I have one I use myself several times a week for the past couple years and I have not had a problem with it. Not to mention the probable mess, with glue leaking through the cord. Thanks for watching.
Those were two nice projects. It was thoughtful of you to make a walking especially for your wife. What is their diameter? I have a Japanese Jo about 1" in diameter.
@@BrailsfordWoodworks A solar kiln sounds awesome. Do you think I can just let them naturally season? better to do so outdoors partially covered with sun or in the garage?
Do you know what species of hickory you have there? My great great granddaddy used second growth hickory in Kentucky to make walking canes which he shaped into the traditional curve. Probably Bitternut or Shagbark, not sure. I made a straight walker from Bitternut, back in Kentucky. I'm now in South Carolina, and I made a walker from Southern Live Oak. Like my forefather, I leave the bark on the handle portion.
