Nice straight hazel sticks

[parlanaich]

Hi Folks

Nice straight hazel sticks would anyone be able to supply?
Prefer around the 1.25mtr in length

Give me a shout if you can help.

Hope I don't get me knuckles wrapped for sticking (pardon the pun!) this on here.

Cheers
Parlanaich

 

[ateallthepies]

Any particular diameter?

 

[parlanaich]

Thanks for your response, Ideally 25mm across the top down to 18mm bottom or thereabouts.

 

[ateallthepies]

Next time I'm out I will have a look at what's about and let you know?

 

[parlanaich]

Ok thanks for that.

 

[Robson Valley]

Have you got the proper Latin name for the plant? Wondering what it is and what we might have here as the local equivalent.

 

[Macaroon]

Corylus avellana

 

[peaks]

Of any help? ........... http://www.thestickman.co.uk/shanks.htm#hazel

 

[Robson Valley]

Thank you. Hazel nuts. Ours is Corylus cornuta, a multipurpose, many-stemmed shrubby tree used by many of our native peoples for (probably) thousands of years.
If we wanted straight sticks, such as for poles, hiking staffs or canes, we would select birch (Betula sp), Alder (Alnus sp.) or the highly figured Diamond Willow (Salix sp.)
There is a rustic furniture shop just down my street which uses Diamond Willow almost exclusively. They harvest 4-6 cords each spring and keep an 5-6 year inventory of wood.

 

[parlanaich]

Thanks peaks, much appreciated.

 

[peaks]

No problem