If it s taller than that you can cut it to size.
Making a walking stick from hazel.
Once you ve found a stick whittle off the bark and any twigs or bumps using a knife.
Make sure you check out our full range of wooden walking sticks before committing to one.
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.
When you make your own walking sticks you must choose between using dry wood or green wood.
While beech ash hazel chestnut and blackthorn are the most common types of wood for making walking sticks that are both attractive and durable there is a whole sea of wooden walking sticks out there to choose from.
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.
A range of walking stick fit ups in woods such as blackthorn hazel and beech making the perfect shanks for your handmade walking sticks.
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.
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.
We also carry a selection of quality metal ferrules available for stickmakers and hobbyists at the stick cane shop.
Seasoned and unstraightened hazel shanks long and short seasoned and unstraightened good quality shanks colour from light brown to dark brown and mottled.
Woodland for sale throughout the uk including woods for sale in england scotland wales and northern ireland.
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.
Advice on buying a wood as well woodland activities flora and fauna conservation and other woodlandy topics.
But they avoid using willow as it goes brittle once it s aged.
Walking sticks and crooks for sale stickmaking supplies handmade by local stickmaker tobermory isle of mull.
When you re finished let your walking stick dry for 2.