Walking Stick Plans - Step Out With Your Personal Walking Stick, Walking Sticks, and more
Step Out With Your Personal Walking StickWalking sticks make hiking more fun. They let your arms get into the act, so you cover ground more easily. Even better, they help you keep your balance, which means that heavy pack will stay on your back instead of tumbling down some deep ravine—and maybe...
Walking SticksThe Walking Stick is a very interesting and expressive craft. A walking stick can tell the history and nature of it's owner. After a time, it becomes very personal, because of the design of its mast head and the memories that attach to its memory strands.
Storytelling StickYou can make a storytelling stick like Mandy did. If you demonstrate making the stick while telling the story, have several samples of the stick at different stages. Pick up each one when you come to that part.
Diamond Willow Hiking StaffA hiking staff is a great help in saving your energy on a long, rough hike. It helps to reduce the weight on your feet so you get tired less quickly. It seems like a good idea to use the hiking stick in one hand for awhile and then switch to the other hand...
Crafty Walking SticksThe length of your walking stick or cane is a personal preference. For instance, if you will be using it as a hiking aid, it can be as much as a foot or two taller than you as long as it's not too heavy.
Make Your Own Hiking StaffI have come up with an idea that has served me well for many years. It is strong and provides superior grip for hiking and to rescue another person. It stores fifty feet of 1/4" manila rope for an emergency and has a metal tip and hand strap.
Hiking Poles & Walking SticksI saw an article in Backpacker magazine, a couple of years ago, about Hiking Poles. In it, the author mentioned seeing Europeans using their snow poles as hiking poles to help with mountain ascents...
Walking Stick GripPersonalize a favorite walking stick with a braided grip and wrist strap that are as comfortable as an old T-shirt.
How to Make a Boy Scout Hiking StaffThe staff or "stave" is an important part of a Pathfinder's equipment, especially when hiking or camping. Suitable woods are hickory, ash, oak, iron wood (or "muscle wood"), and good grades of elm, sugar maple, wild cherry, yellow birch, mountain ash, and...
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