Types of Walking Sticks

Ash Saplings

Here we have different types of trees that are used to make walking sticks, there is a massive range of timber to choose from but here we will show you some examples that we use.

The image on the left is of a ash sapling used for walking sticks, Ash is a very strong wood resistance to spliting, the bark is a uninteresting grey colour, but when the bark is removed it reveals a more colourful underbark, not a common wood for walking sticks but when manufactored correctly a very nice walking sticks. Ash is mostly use as a knob walking sticks.

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Birch Tree

Here we have birch used for walking sticks making, older Birch has a white bark but the youger Birch are a brown colour. The wood itself is a pale brown and even grained producing strong walking sticks. With the bark lefted on or peeled such walking sticks are very attractive.

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Blackthorn Bush

Blackthorn walking sticks are famous all around the world the "ultimate" walking sticks , there is no doubt that the best blackthorn walking sticks are very beautiful. Such examples are very difficult to find and the wood is very dense which make the walking sticks very heavy.

The bush itself is very thorny difficult and sometimes dangerous to cut. The blackthorn walking sticks and the thorns were said to be Christs crown of thorns, over centuries blackthorn has been invested in all sorts of mystical powers. Branches, suckers or saplings of sufficient lenght and apporpriate diameter are to come by to make the right walking sticks. When thorns have been trimed back and its rick bark varished to a deep red hue, it will look magnificent for any walking sticks.

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