I’ve been using necessary tree pruning at my house as an opportunity to select ideal branches for walking sticks. My self-taught finishing process mostly consists of a bench top belt sander, hand scraper, and tung oil. It’s going pretty well, but I don’t yet know about the long term bark durability and adhesion.
Walking sticks
12 Comments
athairmor@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
Looks like they’re just standing around to me.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
This is my collection of loitering sticks.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Get out of here dad!
drdiddlybadger@pawb.social · 11 pts · 1y
You can't fool me you're making staves for wizards!
NICE
matilija@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Only one of them features a piece of quartz at the top to concentrate the wielder’s magical energy.
I, however, have no such power, so it’s functionally just a stick.
ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
These look nice! The fifth one to the right of the tallest walking stick is surprisingly straight. Almost looks like it could double as a fighting staff.
matilija@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Thanks, that one is my favorite! It does have some curve to it, but only in one dimension so it hides when leaning against a wall like this. But it does feel like the heftiest choice to fight off a coyote that wants my little dog for a snack.
neatobuilds@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 1y
!stick@sh.itjust.works
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Does the one on the far right bear weight well? It’s the sketchiest looking to me by far, the others look like excellent walking sticks.
A word of caution if you don’t already know: you might want to keep them strictly outside for a while so that the creepy crawlies still in there have time to leave/die. You can encourage them away with citronella spray.
matilija@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
It’s the most curved but it’s oak and so far it has been strong enough for my hiking use.
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
This reminds me of the coffee drinking aliens in MiB.
scotch@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
I like the long, straight, twist pretzel bread stick.