Stickmaking Thread

[Ahldagor]

how many hours has that taken? nice job. there's a shop at the renfaire that sells nice walking sticks every year. consider joining their circuit if you like gypsies.

[Hasbinbad]

far too many hours to try and make money doing it. Unless you know someone in the market for a $500 walking stick. :P

[One Tin Soldier]

I've made a few walking sticks but I didn't put much time into them. My first was a dead oak branch I cut off, sanded a little and put some wood stain on it. Maybe an hour of total time in that one.

Made one out of cedar and I've made two out of hedge (or osage orange but everyone I've ever known has called them hedge trees).

Yours' looks nice but isn't peach a very weak wood?

[Fame]

Are you actually proud of that or just trolling?

[this user was banned]

nobody wants to see your anal toys...

[Nikon]

Originally Posted by Fame [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are you actually proud of that or just trolling?

Pretty sure HBB would of put this in RnF if it was a troll.

[Piff]

mail me one, son.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by One Tin Soldier [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

isn't peach a very weak wood?

Quite to the contrary, many species of Prunus (the stone fruits, mainly) have some of the hardest, toughest, heaviest, and most impact resistant wood in the world - in fact Blackthorn, the preferred stock for making traditional shillelaghs is Prunus spinosa aka Sloe. Many fruit trees (deciduous, fruit bearing "hardwood") have these qualities. For instance, Persimmon is perhaps the hardest wood native to north america. Exceptions exist obviously (hickory, some kinds of maple, black locust, hawthorne, etc), but stone fruit wood is an extremely good type of wood from which to choose weapon stocks.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Fame [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are you actually proud of that or just trolling?

You're fuckin'-A-tweeter I am.

Do you not think I should be?

Funny, coz with the advance of the internet, I've been able to reach out to a group of the best stickmakers in the world, and they love it.

You think I give any fucks about what some dumbfuck noname red scum thinks ?

lulz.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by this user was banned [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

nobody wants to see your anal toys...

Hey man it hit's the spot!!