Thumb Walking Sticks and Canes

 

Thumb walking sticks are becoming very popular across the UK and Ireland, mainly used for hiking or trekking on hillsides and mountainous trails. Thumb walking canes are also a very good every day walking sticks, it can cover a wide range of uses, for example so people use the "V" to place there thumb on when walking while others use the shank of the stick for walking with. The thumb walking sticks can also offer a excellent support if you injure you leg when walking, the "V" of the handle can be placed under the arm pit and leaned on as a crutch.

Thumb walking sticks can be made from many different materials and timber, usually made from hazel or stag horn the thumb walking canes can also be made from blackthorn, ash and chestnut. The handles also vary from stag horn, buffalo horn, one-piece shanks.etc. They all have there own unique design and qualities. But the stag horn and hazel combination are the most popular by far, the horn and hazel walking sticks match up very well and really stand out when made together.

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