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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.
This reminds me of the coffee drinking aliens in MiB.
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.
It’s the most curved but it’s oak and so far it has been strong enough for my hiking use.
You can't fool me you're making staves for wizards!
NICE
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.
I'm more into wizards with guns myself.
Looks like they’re just standing around to me.
Get out of here dad!
This is my collection of loitering sticks.
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.
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.