Cutting the walking stick to size

Next is to cut the walking sticks to your required height. Remember the old carpenters maim: measure twice and cut once. For the job i clamp the walking sticks into the vice, having first protected the bark with a lenght of plastick piping about 3 inch length x 1 inch diameter, plit in two lenghtways around the appropriate section. Providing the bark is protected any means of holding it steady will do. I use a hacksaw which is finer than a tenon saw which leaves a fine cut and helps dtop the bark spliting, but any fine tooth saw will do. That is your walking sticks cut to size.