Dave Markowitz
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Yesterday I was at one of my friend's homes, who lives on a wooded plot in a rural area. He let me take home a piece of maple that had been down for awhile. Today I made it into a walking stick.
I used a Gerber folding saw to cut it to length, a 'hawk to knock off the branches, my puukko to debark it, a Case Trapper to whittle the end so I could put on a rubber chair leg tip, and finished it off with beeswax rubbed in by hand, then buffed off the excess. I left some of the cambium on the wood to give it some character.
The diameter at the top is about 1-3/8", tapering to about 3/4" at the bottom end. It's ~5'6" tall, same as me. I used a 5/16" bit to drill a hole for a 550 cord lanyard.
It should make a nice stick for walking in the woods, and has enough length for fending off nasties.
I used a Gerber folding saw to cut it to length, a 'hawk to knock off the branches, my puukko to debark it, a Case Trapper to whittle the end so I could put on a rubber chair leg tip, and finished it off with beeswax rubbed in by hand, then buffed off the excess. I left some of the cambium on the wood to give it some character.
The diameter at the top is about 1-3/8", tapering to about 3/4" at the bottom end. It's ~5'6" tall, same as me. I used a 5/16" bit to drill a hole for a 550 cord lanyard.
It should make a nice stick for walking in the woods, and has enough length for fending off nasties.