Wikipedia give a good description of a walking stick.
British Stickmakers Guild organise stick competitions and produce a quarterly magazine.
Highland Horn Company supply horn and other stick making componants.
Peak Hill Llamas offer a range of llama walks on the Jurassic Coast Devon.
Red deer stag antler is often used in the making of walking sticks, it is more often used than any other variety of deer antler as it tends to be in greater supply and lends itself to stick making. Antler is very similar to bone and therefore can't be bent like horn. Some stickmakers carve animals or birds into antler but I am not able to do this. Wikipedia has a big page on red deer.
Welcome to my web site on my walking sticks, I do hope you enjoy your visit. I have been making walking sticks for a while now and I like to think that each one that I create is an improvement on the last one made of a given type. Every time I make a stick I learn something new.
I get great satisfaction out of making a nice stick that turns out right, but the ones that give the most satisfaction are carved animal and bird walking sticks. Having taken the time to photograph an animal or bird, study the photos and carve a good resemblance of the original subject gives a great sense of achievement.
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