Stickmaking

[cobalt]

HI
not sure if i am in the right forum?
But i make hiking poles mostly hand carved from lime wood
Came across the forum by accident searching for some flame box elder wood?
I am searching for this wood to make some toppers for hiking poles as the wood has interesting colour any one help?

 

[Buckeye]

HI
not sure if i am in the right forum?
But i make hiking poles mostly hand carved from lime wood
Came across the forum by accident searching for some flame box elder wood?
I am searching for this wood to make some toppers for hiking poles as the wood has interesting colour any one help?

I can't help, but would be interested in the box elder also.I would also be interested in seeing some of your poles or toppers.

Peter

 

[Grump]

We do have some wood suppliers on here look through the sell section you should find them in there.
Failing that someone 2 x Neil may be able to guide you in the right direction.
Also Ed's mate signed n this week he was a crook maker and may know what to do for you.
Sorry I can't help but welcome to the forums, come in pull up chair and participate in the banter init?

 

[Jim]

Interesting hobby Cobalt, i also can't help with the wood, not sure if Ebay would be your friend for this or not ..

Wouldn't mind seeing some of your sticks my friend ..

 

[edlea]

Welcome cobalt ...Grump beat me to it ..tomredmayne is /was into stickmaking in a big way .He will no doubt have some views on the subject next he's on the forum.

 

[paulm]

If I were you I would turn around and run away quick before you get the feeling that you want to turn pens... Then your OURS ha ha ha ha......

 

[Neil]

I can't help, but would be interested in the box elder also.I would also be interested in seeing some of your poles or toppers.

Peter

Not aware that box elder is available in anything other than pen blanks over here, talk to ed brown at exotic blanks in the US, he may have some lumber or at least point you in the right direction

 

[cobalt]

many thanks for your quick frendly replies
I will post some photos of my hiking poles when i work my way round here
I also make hand carved puppets punch and judy mainly it just got me into carving.
I have carved quite a few different speices of birds for hiking pole toppers along with some garygoles and was hoping to use the natural colours of woods for some projects i a have in mind .
Paints do enhance certtain features of toppers, as the lime wood which i mainly use for carving is a bit bland looking .have tried cherry and have a bit of apple seasoning ,but have seen some flame wood box elder ,hence the reason for the question
unfortunatly i dont have a lathe but oftern have the need for one ,space is a bit short in the workshop .

 

[tomredmayne]

Hi cobalt, nice to see a stickmaker on here. I have used box elder in the past for a stick top and it works and finished nicely as all maples seem to. It was a bit bright for the types of sticks I was making though and I only used it once. That was probably about 15 years ago now! I also used to work in ramshorn.

I have done very little stickmaking over the past 10 years now as I lost over 500 seasoned stick blanks to woodworm (long story about a messy divorce and sticks being moved and stored in a wooden garage for 2 years before I could get them back...). To add insult to injury, I lost all my picture files of made sticks when the PC was ruined by a lightning strike a few years back. I sort of gave up then.....:monkon:

The last ones I made were carved as one-piece sticks from hazel shanks still attached to large sections of thick branch. These were crooks and leg cleeks and were gifts for farmer friends. When I was carving seperate heads, most of my blanks came from john boddy timber at Boroughbridge in N. Yorks.
I would spend hours and hours scouring the offcut bins there and came away with some superb pieces that were just big enough for a stick top but no use to the bowl turners..........:up:

It may be worth trying them for some box elder.

Cheers

Tom

 

[Grump]

I lost all my picture files of made sticks when the PC was ruined by a lightning strike a few years back. I sort of gave up then.....

Slim chance of you still having that PC or the hard drive from it but if you have I may well be able to help you there.
Data recovery is my specialty.

 

[tomredmayne]

Long gone now I'm afraid but thanks for the thoght and the offer..............appreciated...........:up:

 

[cobalt]

looking for chestnut shanks for hiking poles mesuring say 1.3 m with a 25 mm diameter tapering down
any help would be gratefully recieved
Need this size so can make hiking pole with interchangable toppers,The lengh dont really matter as long as i can get a 1.3 m lengh out of it with a 25mm daimeter
I normally use hazel shanks and harvest my own but on this occasion need chestnut
The attachment fitted to a topper gives a guiide to what i am after
many thanks

 

[cobalt]

Any other stickmakers here?

 

[cobalt]

I keep popping to see whats happening but thought i would post a few sticks

 

[Dalboy]

Stick tops look good. I am not really a stick maker but I do a little carving and I am half way through carving a Gargoyle head for a walking stick

 

[Jim]

Some great looking heads there guys, love the carving skills that you show ..

 

[cobalt]

stickmaking

looks like a water gargoyle ,pretty good,i Always have several pieces on the go
a few of my efforts[

 

[cobalt]

I assume lots of you penturners use ram and buffolo horn for pen making heres a selection of crooks made from rams horn and buffalo horn

 

[yorkshireman]

That is excellent work. You can't beat a rams horn crook.

keith

 

[wm460]

Slim chance of you still having that PC or the hard drive from it but if you have I may well be able to help you there.
Data recovery is my speciality.

Is it possible to recover pics from a CF card?