How big is your Pole, and can you send me a pic?
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i use a stick/ staff when ever i go walking here is me (in the middle) with one i made myself.
and just some others i have made and use.
and just some others i have made and use.
Geez, that’s a pretty sharp point on that stick mentalnurse. Mind your foot!!!
Took this pic of my current staff acting as a pot hanger yesterday. Though elaborate for me, its not as fancy as yours.
It was so parky out there (-4C with a wind) even a robin came in for a warm. I felt sorry for the little blighter puffed up like a tennis ball, so used the staff to dig over a frozen patch of duff when I left. He chowed down gratefully on its numerous frozen inhabitants.
Use 101: Winter Bird Feeder
Took this pic of my current staff acting as a pot hanger yesterday. Though elaborate for me, its not as fancy as yours.
It was so parky out there (-4C with a wind) even a robin came in for a warm. I felt sorry for the little blighter puffed up like a tennis ball, so used the staff to dig over a frozen patch of duff when I left. He chowed down gratefully on its numerous frozen inhabitants.
Use 101: Winter Bird Feeder
mentalnurse, how did you fasten the "Y" shaped wood to the top of the staff? I'm referring to the 2nd tallest staff in your picture. Also, what is the twisted material that is just below the "Y"? Is this wood?
The unusual twist on the stick you refer to was caused by honeysuckle twisting around the stem as it grew,constricting it,causing it to swell out.And i fix the Y's on the top of sticks using a length of round steel bar.Sorry about the hijack!
Still using my original 5 6 (1.67m) scout stave in ash. Its had slight modifications over the years. Very useful for keeping overgrown brambles off kit as I walk along. Recently had the local constabulary ask me to explain why I was carrying such a big stick, on a footpath in the middle of a wood. 
Shambling Shaman
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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launditch1 - thanks for that link....
I did find a nice bit of Oak (had to come out as it was damaging a wall and starting to block a stairway)
My question is this (as per link) I am going to leave the staff till 1st March before i strip the bark off - are there any tips for this, eg. work on the fiddly bits first then the main bits?
Any tips/advice welcome.
Still using my original 5 6 (1.67m) scout stave in ash. Its had slight modifications over the years. Very useful for keeping overgrown brambles off kit as I walk along. Recently had the local constabulary ask me to explain why I was carrying such a big stick, on a footpath in the middle of a wood.
What were they doing there then? Squeaking their big boots in the woods?? Honestly,don't they have real proper criminals to capture? Mind you, you must have looked like some terrible, dangerous, evil...herm...man of the wood
Sasquash maybe...
Hi.Pesonally,i would strip the bark off now.It might have dried out a bit too much by march and you would have a job to remove it then.I remove the bark on mine using an old shop knife(curved blade)then i wittle off the fiddly bits around where branches came out.
Shambling Shaman
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Thanks, was going to use my khukuri. On the link you posted
Thats why I was going to leave it till March (My birth day is in March) as a project, If you think its as well to strip now will most likely do it this weekend.
since were talking about poles i will take a photo of mine that i made at bushmoot 2008
which ruffly comes to my for head and i am six foot, also dont know what type of tree it comes from unfortunatly. It has a leather handle and has carved face on it.
i also burnt in using a blue flame power lighter "drewdunnrespect bushmmoot 2008"
so its reasonable but nothing of your standards but then again it was a first attempt and i will probally have another go at some point
which ruffly comes to my for head and i am six foot, also dont know what type of tree it comes from unfortunatly. It has a leather handle and has carved face on it.
i also burnt in using a blue flame power lighter "drewdunnrespect bushmmoot 2008"
so its reasonable but nothing of your standards but then again it was a first attempt and i will probally have another go at some point
Shambling Shaman
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Use 1: chop-socky
We get to wave sticks around at each other in our Aikido class. I was too tight for fork out £10 for a hand-carved red oak Jo, and whittled a length of larch from the garden.
Use 2: drain-clearing
Larch doesn't have the weight of oak, so I shod the stick with stainless doorstops at a cost of about £20. Teacher says I can't use it any more with this modification, so its main use is clearing ice from the gutters.
Use 3: lightbulb-bashing
Occasionally, it gets waved around at home in a half-hearted kata practice.
We get to wave sticks around at each other in our Aikido class. I was too tight for fork out £10 for a hand-carved red oak Jo, and whittled a length of larch from the garden.
Use 2: drain-clearing
Larch doesn't have the weight of oak, so I shod the stick with stainless doorstops at a cost of about £20. Teacher says I can't use it any more with this modification, so its main use is clearing ice from the gutters.
Use 3: lightbulb-bashing
Occasionally, it gets waved around at home in a half-hearted kata practice.
Shambling Shaman
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I would like to see that, as I want to do that to mine on the ends to stop them fraying/splaying.
I used the self-tapper that came with the doorstop, woodglue to hide any ineptitude, then filed the wood down locally to match the OD of the stainless.
Because it's a butt, not a ferrule, if anything it's more likely to promote splitting (although it's surviving so far).
It's an illustration of the "nothing fancy" school of shed-bodgery; as well as how not to save money by D-ing IY.
Because it's a butt, not a ferrule, if anything it's more likely to promote splitting (although it's surviving so far).
It's an illustration of the "nothing fancy" school of shed-bodgery; as well as how not to save money by D-ing IY.
What were they doing there then? .../QUOTE]
It was in a clearing beyond the reach of most of joe public, usually I have the place to myself and its a favorite place to stop for a bite. Our friends in blue were exercising their dogs there and having a lunch break themselves. Ive stopped carrying my knife and axe when Im near home (I feel uncomfortable with that) but I refuse to give up using a walking stave when Im walking.
i've just started making my own
got 4 woods, a good length of oak, elder, willow and pine, gonna carve em down over the next few weeks, into still, rather beautiful huge lumps of polished wood....
all around....lets say chest height
will kepp you all updated i'm sure
got 4 woods, a good length of oak, elder, willow and pine, gonna carve em down over the next few weeks, into still, rather beautiful huge lumps of polished wood....
all around....lets say chest height
will kepp you all updated i'm sure
