Making A Hickory Walking Stick

If you are making the walking stick for your own use stand the stick on the ground and hold it in.

Making a hickory walking stick.

Cut your wood to length making sure both ends are free of splits. Once you find a strong straight piece of wood hickory ash maple work really well. If you find a very desirable branch that you d like to use but it s too green cut it and whittle it to debark it but let it dry outdoors for several weeks before treating it and finishing. Green wood is too bendable to be effective as a walking or survival stick so only collect dead wood to make for possible staffs.

Birch ironwood black cherry ash and maple are also very stiff strong woods. Choosing and cutting 1. How to dry wood for walking sticks 1. However most common types of oak and hickory will also make strong walking sticks.

This is where you will drill to insert the 1 4 side dowels. Then across the width of the cane mark 3 4 above and below each joint. Hardwood from deciduous leafy trees is better than evergreen softwood because it is less gummy. Find a good stick.

You can remove some all or none of the bark from the. Put some wax in a. Tinder kindling and larger branches for fuel and while you re at it look for a piece of wood to make a sturdy walking stick. In by backwoods i have cherry poplar and black walnut.

The size shape sturdiness and. Pour about an inch of water into a pot and put the pot on the stove. Measure where your hand comfortably grasps the stick with it upright in front of you. A few exotic hardwoods also resist bending but.

A good walking stick starts with a good piece of wood of course. If possible use fresh wood. Whittle off the bark. Tightly wrap the remaining cord from top to bottom completely covering the glued on strip and tie it off at the bottom where the line ends.

Trim it to length. This nice man explains how to make a walking stick from the beginning of a branch then adds style decorations and accessories to make them all unique if you. Lay the cane flat on it s side and with a pencil along the length of the cane mark the center of the cane 1 above and below the joints. Bring the water to a simmer.

You can use dead dry wood but it s hard to carve and makes a weak walking stick. Take about 6 inches 15cm of line and glue it vertically along your stick.