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I am expecting delivery of a new tool for stick hunting today. I purchased quad copter (DJI Phantom 2) from China. The quad comes equipped with video camera that transmits video to my smart phone. ...

Just watched a show on National Geographic where a man trained his dog to find moose antlers. Well, take a look at Trip the stick hunting dog. People ask, "Randy, how do you find all those curled...

Do any of you guys sell your walking sticks and canes on Etsy?

I created an Etsy site to sell some of the walking sticks and canes, however I'm not sure how to promote the Etsy store.

Any...

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At last I have found a really nice looking brass cane handle to add to the selection of handles on my website. The handle is polished brass and is called the statesman.

The pictures...

Just putting the finishing touches on the walking stick.


Although, it's difficult to see from the picture, the colors on the snake are a mixture of yellow, orange, purple, and red.


What to...

The walking stick is about 48" tall and the snake is white with red spots.


Finished work on it this afternoon.


What do you think?


Do you like the colors?

The four carved snake walking sticks are a work in progress.


Once complete each staff will have world globe paper weight mounted onto the top of each staff.


I'm planning to mold a collar...

I have been searching for a bulk supplier of brass cane heads for the walking canes that I create, however I am having a difficult time finding a variety to choose from.


I have the brass eagle...

DO you see the curled stick in the picture?


This is the kind of place where the curled stick grow, lot's of vines and briars.


Cold weather is here in Kentucky. Time to get out the Gerber...

What do you think of this walking stick? I stained the walking stick, painted the worm tunneling green, and coated the walking stick with three layers of Minwax polyurethane. Comments are welcome....

I'm looking for any suggestions to build in bound links to my websites.

Kentucky Walking Cane

Kentucky Walking Stick


Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I think I will do as you suggest. Offer both types of sticks, however I do hope the gunstock color is a winner, as I have just completed nearly 200 sticks.

I've decided to create a new look for the walking sticks and canes that I make. I love the new color, but I would really like your opinion.

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks,

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I try to cut as straight a sticks as possible. Pass up quite a few that aren't straight enough.

Just spent the past four days in eastern Kentucky searching for "blank" sticks and had the good fortune of harvesting nearly 220 sticks, only 780 to go. For some reason, I have in my mind that I...

I like to remove the bark from these sticks using a pressure washer. After the worms have tunneled around the bark will fall off with the pressure washer.

One of my favorite types of wood to select, when searching in the forest for walking stick material is Oak. For some reason here in Kentucky the worms love to tunnel under the bark as the stick...

A few months ago I carved this snake on a walking cane, however I was not happy with the color of the snake. I had painted the snake black. A few days ago, I decided to repaint the snake. The...

My daughter Michelle, her dog, and our pigs.

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Just the other day, I was searching for wood to make walking sticks, when I met this guy. He was searching for a cool place to rest and I wished him good luck on his trek.
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The Roman Centurion carried the vitis or vine staff which was a swagger stick about three feet in length originally made of grape vine. This made a handy weapon for a casual whack of a soldier for...

Just created a carved snake walking stick for a lady who is a healing facilator in North Carolina. The snake is has approximately 7 coils and is a light brown color. Mounted in the top of the walking...

I carve lots of snakes on walking sticks and canes and I have always painted the snakes to look as life like as I possibly can, however a few months ago I had a request from a customer to create a...

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Spent quite a few days working on this Carved Snake Walking cane. The colors are bright, but the customers like the bright colors. The cane is 37" tall and has a nice snake coiled from top to...

Just applied the final coat of polyurethane to the two carved snake walking canes and one curled walking cane .

The 3" world globe paper weights will be mounted to the top of each cane.
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Just finished drilling and epoxying the bolts into three of the 3" world globes to be installed on the tops of three carved snake walking canes. The holes are drilled into the sticks, next step is...

Just created a couple of Twitter accounts for Kentucky Walking Cane and Kentucky Walking Stick.

I am new to Twitter for sure, but my daughter thinks it's a great idea.

Just wondering if any...

For those of you who haven't seen curled sticks growing in the brush.

Just finished carving a nice walking cane with a carved snake.

The cane is approximtely 58" tall and the snake has four coils around the stick.

Just wish I was a better photographer.

Today, I needed to remove the bark from a couple of curled sticks, before I carve on them.

The pressure washer can make the difficult job of removing bark from the stick, easy.

Removing Bark...

Two of the 3" globes arrived today and, they are not 100% glass as I have feared. I removed a piece of felt from the bottom and the inside of the globes appear to be some type of masonary material,...

I have been looking for a method to attach a 3" glass globe to the top of a carved snake walking cane and I think I am getting closer to a solution. I plan to use a material called "Magic Sculp" to...

Picture of Kris Kristofferson holding a Carved Snake Walking Cane I created for him to use in the movie "Bloodworth".

http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af259/kywalkingcane/Kris_zps7f67f931.jpg

If you get a chance take a look at my little carved snake slide show on youtube. Pictures of some of the carved snake walking canes from the past few years.

This is new link,

Kentucky Walking Canes

Just got a nice order for two carved snake walking canes, however the customer wants me to attach a glass ball approximately 3" in diameter to the top of the walkingcane.
I am at a loss on how to do...

I'm just curious and wondering if any of you have a blog?

I have a small blog Kentucky Walking Sticks - Kentucky Walking Canes , but I haven't got many followers.

Just curious.

The best way to spend the afternoon is sitting around working on the next walking stick.

I wish I was doing that right now because the tempture is about 5 deg F.
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I just got my new website Kentucky Walking Cane submitted to google, yahoo, and bing.
The website has been indexed, but doesn't come up for the key search words like: walking cane, walking canes,...

I am getting ready to purchase an air brush.
The air brush would be used to paint the snakes that I carve on the walking sticks and canes I make.
I know very little about air brush painting or...

Just finished a coral snake walking cane with a brass hame handle.

I have made several sticks from cedar wood over the past few weeks, however I wasn't happy with the finish.

The color of the wood was a bit to light after I had finished the sticks.
...

While searching for sticks in the woods I came across this critter in the woods and quickly snapped a picture with my camera.
I think if his eyes has been glowing when I took the picture I would...

How many of you have a websit where you show or sell your walking sticks or canes.
Please post your website, I would love to visit and see your work, maybe get some ideas for my website.
Thanks,

The old Maple tree in a friends yard needed cutting, so I thought it would make a great chainsaw carving.

What do you think?

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Just finished work on the carved snake walking stick I have been working on.

The stick is approximately 60" tall and the snake coils are ound the stick.

I painted the snake with bright colors.

My daughter and I made this video yesterday, I know it's kinda dumb, but my wife and I had so much fun watching the video.

Snake In The Grass - YouTube

Please let me know waht you think.

Have any of you guys written an eBook?

Due to the large number of questions from people who visit my little web site index I have written an eBook "How To Carve A Snake On A Twisted Stick Using...

Just finished a Carved Snake Walking Cane for a gentelman in Texas.

The cane is 35" tall and features a carved Rattle Snake coiling up the stick.

Please let me know what you think.