Show Us Your Hiking Staves

[richardhomer]

Some cracking sticks here.

 

[bilmo-p5]

That's a handsome looking poncho, Mr Blaize. Would you care to give us a better view of it?

 

[Klenchblaize]

That's a handsome looking poncho, Mr Blaize. Would you care to give us a better view of it?

 

[bilmo-p5]

Thank you. That's very nice indeed.

 

[mrcharly]

double barrelled rifle?

 

[Richard Francis Burton]

These things I've never seen before.

What do you brits use them for? Do they have hunting/bushcraft use or something or are they just for walking if you are not well or maybe injured?

In the open wilderness on the British Isles we have a lot of Heath Moor-land & Bog...well, it pretty much is just that in the entirety. A nice 4' or 5' Walking Staff is rather handy for gaining a balance purchase, for testing depths of Bog, or suspect ground.

 

[Gaudette]

I love the poncho you have Klenchblaize.

+1 love the poncho.

 

[Gaudette]

Here's the one I use in abroad. I found it on a beech two years ago. I gave it a quick trim up and it's been great. I wish I knew what wood it is though. It's shorter than a staff but longer than a walking stick.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Here's the one I use in abroad. I found it on a beech two years ago. I gave it a quick trim up and it's been great. I wish I knew what wood it is though. It's shorter than a staff but longer than a walking stick.

Lovely but be careful as we risk being known as "off grid" stick "whittlers"!!

Aparently.

K

 

[Ogri the trog]

My Dragon firgurehead, which I carved about 25 years ago. It spent a decade on top of the headlight of my Harley and has since found its way onto a number of staff's - probably due for another replacement soon as the current hazel is splitting and becoming unstable.
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cheers

Ogri the trog

 

[Tomteifi]

Mine is very simple. A Hazel stick bought 3 yrs ago at a boot sale for £2. Left it slowly drying for another 2y. Whipped on(with old Dacron) a grabby thingy type wrist strap from an old Motorola brick phone. Screwed and epoxied on a pointy grip and plastered the whole thing with some left over fly fishing rod flexible, really, really shiny, brilliantly hard epoxy finish.

The more visually astute and aware of you will no doubt notice that no ponchos were purchased, nor were any telescopic sights fitted or in fact, were any steam irons used in the promotion of my posting.(unlike others here.)

 

[Klenchblaize]

Come on Guys & Ladies there must be more than 30 members who feel undressed if taking to the woods, meadows and hills without one.

K