Once you ve found a stick whittle off the bark and any twigs or bumps using a knife.
Making a walking stick from hazel.
Seasoned and unstraightened hazel shanks long and short seasoned and unstraightened good quality shanks colour from light brown to dark brown and mottled.
Hazel wood is a great material for walking sticks it enables amazing and intricate designs to be carved into them and gives a beautiful sheen when polished.
When you make your own walking sticks you must choose between using dry wood or green wood.
If it s taller than that you can cut it to size.
P eter jones and his sons make walking sticks on a serious scale using sticks they come across in the woods where they do their forestry work.
Using green wood often results in stronger more customizable finished products but the wood must dry.
Apart from finding the right stick to work on they need a steamer for bending the tops of the walking sticks and a good supply of sealant.
We also carry a selection of quality metal ferrules available for stickmakers and hobbyists at the stick cane shop.
Walking sticks and crooks for sale stickmaking supplies handmade by local stickmaker tobermory isle of mull.
They use chestnut silver birch oak and hazel.
But they avoid using willow as it goes brittle once it s aged.
Advice on buying a wood as well woodland activities flora and fauna conservation and other woodlandy topics.
To make a walking stick start by finding a fairly straight 1 2 inch thick stick that s about as tall as the distance between the floor and your armpit.
Make sure you check out our full range of wooden walking sticks before committing to one.
Our range of hazel walking sticks are available in a variety of designs and shapes to suit you from the classically understated to the detailed and ornate.
When you re finished let your walking stick dry for 2.
Typical length 125 135 cm long 95 100cm short.