I have been thinking of making a homemade cane for awhile. Watching your video, bow I may try to craft a shillelagh now. From one vet to another...keep up the good work!!!
Kool !!! I make shillelagh's too. I started making canes after I severely busted my foot ankle about 8-9 years ago and it has just become an enjoyable hobby of mine. It gives me a good reason to take my dogs for walks out in the bush around my home. Anyway, nice work buddy.
Get a look at a book called "Stickmaking: A Complete Course" by Andrew Jones and Clive George. It's simply an excellent book in its own right, but it has a very informative section on shillelagh style walking sticks and the geometry of the head. Essential, in my opinion. Cheers.
Thanks Rob. It looks to me that I have made something more akin to a war club if I shorten it rather than a walking stick. Still first go and we have something.
@Shed Adventures I'm fully on board for starting with that size. It's very hard to find good blanks in the states where I'm at. You already know how much it will shrink with drying. The best way I can describe it is I go for a slightly squeezed globe shaped head extending "naturally" from the limb. I'm trying to achieve the most "natural" transition from limb to head as I can, and that is dictated to me by the crook size and shape. An image search of "ball headed war club" is also a good look at the geometry I'm describing. The native Americans had a good eye for it. I have no doubt it will solidly click for you when you see it. Again, my opinion, but any size stick within reason is great as long as the geometry and transition are minded.
