CFM Frodo Posted March 30, 2023 CFM Report Posted March 30, 2023 I make walking sticks does anyone else? Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
CFM chuck123wapati Posted March 30, 2023 CFM Report Posted March 30, 2023 I've made a few for myself and family. I use aspen its nice and light. I really should make more to sell as i am right on the continental divide trail. Dozens of crazy folks walk through every year on their quests. lol walking sticks and sandals is what i should be making. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
CFM Frodo Posted March 31, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted March 31, 2023 Do you have vines in your area? Around here they go bonkers if the stick has vine marks Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
CFM Frodo Posted March 31, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted March 31, 2023 Try this on your next stick Use your leather saddle tan antique dye on the stick Coat a small rag with usmc black dye let the rag dry out for 24 hours and the saddle tan fry also after 24, rub the stick with the dried rag the residue will come off on the stick. Any improfection , gaps, holes will be highlighted rub ittill you get the effect you want coat with a wood floor arcrylic Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
CFM chuck123wapati Posted March 31, 2023 CFM Report Posted March 31, 2023 i will have to check that out sounds like a nice finish i usually just use boiled linseed oil but it makes the wood a yellowish brown color, i would like a different look.. We don't have vines, we have sage brush lol Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Bert03241 Posted April 1, 2023 Members Report Posted April 1, 2023 I've made a couple just for me Quote
Members Handstitched Posted April 7, 2023 Members Report Posted April 7, 2023 On 3/30/2023 at 10:47 AM, Frodo said: I make walking sticks does anyone else? I've never thought about making walking sticks, never crossed my mind. . I have seen them hand made at various craft markets , shows etc. but those look great. Just wondering if a tooled / carved embellishment would go nice with those. Not sure what type of wood is suitable here in Oz. On 3/30/2023 at 8:39 PM, chuck123wapati said: I use aspen its nice and light. Is Aspen a hard wood? HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
CFM chuck123wapati Posted April 7, 2023 CFM Report Posted April 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Handstitched said: I've never thought about making walking sticks, never crossed my mind. . I have seen them hand made at various craft markets , shows etc. but those look great. Just wondering if a tooled / carved embellishment would go nice with those. Not sure what type of wood is suitable here in Oz. Is Aspen a hard wood? HS I don't think it is , its very light and flexible though when seasoned, so they don't break easily they bend a bit. when i was a kid i would climb the young trees until they bent over and let me back off on the ground don't know why i thought it was so much fun but it was to me lol. when they clear cut the pine then the quakies grow back in so thick that the forest service has to thin them out, they leave big piles of the saplings so i get a few. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Gosut Posted April 19, 2023 Members Report Posted April 19, 2023 On 3/29/2023 at 10:47 PM, Frodo said: I make walking sticks does anyone else? Have made a grand total of two. One was more of a quarterstaff than a walking stick and broke. The other, in my teens, was closer to a small fence post. These days I prefer an eye hoe handle. These are 54" / 1.37m long and maybe 1.25": / 3.175 cm in diameter. I put a rubber non-slip chair leg cover on my latest, to protect the end. Quote
CFM Frodo Posted April 19, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted April 19, 2023 Gosut try this Cut the chosen stick in the morning when the bark is wet from the doo. use a draw knife or a sharp blade. To strip the bark off strip it hap hazardly, leave sections not striped, their are 3 or 4 layers of bark on a tree. Try and uncover all 3. In a random pattern, really just strip the bark off and be lazy while doing so and do not pay attention to detail use a course sand paper to smooth the stick, while the stick is still wet wead plastic gloves and apply stain like you are jacking the stick off, rub it in up and down, up and down. Repeat, repeat do you have any cracks? Use a syringe fill the crack with a black dye rub the stick with a beeswax then buff the snot out of it Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
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