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
Members Bert03241 Posted April 20, 2023 Members Report Posted April 20, 2023 9 hours ago, Gosut said: 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
Members Burkhardt Posted April 20, 2023 Members Report Posted April 20, 2023 6 hours ago, Frodo said: apply stain like you are jacking the stick off, rub it in up and down, up and down. Repeat, repeat Man you have some hysterical instructions. Quote
CFM Frodo Posted April 20, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted April 20, 2023 I love humor and laughter, It makes my soul smile Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
Members Handstitched Posted April 20, 2023 Members Report Posted April 20, 2023 16 hours ago, Frodo said: wead plastic gloves and apply stain like you are jacking the stick off, rub it in up and down, up and down. Repeat, repeat I need a cigarette ....I don't even smoke 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 20, 2023 CFM Report Posted April 20, 2023 21 hours ago, Frodo said: wead plastic gloves and apply stain like you are jacking the stick off, rub it in up and down, up and down. Repeat, repeat d so that's how you make hardwood walking sticks LOL. Do they shrink in cold weather ? 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 Handstitched Posted April 21, 2023 Members Report Posted April 21, 2023 14 hours ago, chuck123wapati said: so that's how you make hardwood walking sticks LOL. Mix one of those blue pills in the stain, the stick will last for ever . Thats just silly . Sorry Frodo . 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 Frodo Posted April 22, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted April 22, 2023 14 hours ago, Handstitched said: Mix one of those blue pills in the stain, the stick will last for ever . Thats just silly . Sorry Frodo . HS Party pooper!! Lol Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
Members Handstitched Posted April 22, 2023 Members Report Posted April 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Frodo said: Party pooper!! Lol My teenage mind went a bit silly there for a moment, .......and so did chucks it seems LOL 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 Frodo Posted April 22, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted April 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Handstitched said: My teenage mind went a bit silly there for a moment, .......and so did chucks it seems LOL HS My mind and fashion. Is stuck in year 1976 Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
CFM chuck123wapati Posted April 22, 2023 CFM Report Posted April 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Frodo said: My mind and fashion. Is stuck in year 1976 On 4/21/2023 at 4:10 AM, Handstitched said: Mix one of those blue pills in the stain, the stick will last for ever . Thats just silly . Sorry Frodo . HS I must still be pretty sharp, my wife says i have the mind of an 18 year old. Cmon guys there's nothing silly about those blue pills. I take a half of one in the morning when I'm out hunting. They make it so much easier to find in the cold weather and also keeps me from peeing on my boots. Now grow up and get back on topic, hardwood walking stick jokes 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 Handstitched Posted April 22, 2023 Members Report Posted April 22, 2023 36 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said: They make it so much easier to find in the cold weather and also keeps me from peeing on my boots. F***k me !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nearly spat my bourbon all over the screen OK OK ...now lets get back on topic...if we can !! 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 Frodo Posted April 22, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted April 22, 2023 That reminds me, I was in the mountains driving from vail to Colorado Springs on a long flat highway with no traffic. I had insulated overalls, thermals, sweat pants and jeans on. and I stopped to take a leak Damn Trooper pulls up and says he can get me for indecent exposure I grinned at him and said my D—— is to short to make it out of all these layers so it was never exposed, wanna see it? he said get the hell out of here!!!! Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
Members Handstitched Posted April 23, 2023 Members Report Posted April 23, 2023 18 hours ago, Frodo said: Damn Trooper pulls up and says he can get me for indecent exposure This thread has gone from sticks to 'd...ks' , and heres me trying to get it back on topic, fat chance....pardon the pun My gut hides everything . ' Nothing to see here' 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 Frodo Posted April 23, 2023 Author CFM Report Posted April 23, 2023 24” AAD- Attitude Adjustment Device Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
Members Handstitched Posted April 25, 2023 Members Report Posted April 25, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 8:06 PM, Frodo said: 24” AAD- Attitude Adjustment Device Well done friend, back on topic That could be used on those that don't pay their accounts on time. Do walking sticks need to' flex' a little, or not ? In the last month, we've had some wild weather, and a lot of branches and debris have fallen down . And after reading your thread, I have thought about walking sticks. Normally we cut the branches up for fire wood , or just put them in a pile and set fire to them (we can do that now) . But perhaps I could re-use the wood for something else. Just a thought. 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 '
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