Walking Staff / Quarterstaff

[maddave]

I have a very basic hazel thumb stick with an antler "Y" on the top.... Nowt special but I do prefer it over a trekking pole

 

[treadlightly]

I don't think he was referring to practicality when he said "acceptable." I think he meant the funny looks people give when they see somebody with a wooden staff.

Yep, that's what I meant.

 

[Stringmaker]

Some lovely work there.

I have an ash staff which I bought before I got into things bushy and woody, and I am working on an ash thumbstick which I produced myself. The thumbstick is likely to get more use now as it is bespoke in terms of its length. I have also fire hardened and chisel pointed the tip so it doubles as a digging stick.

So far I've done a spiral strip off the bark, but I want to then do a spiral cut along the same track; kind of a "DNA double-helix staff"!