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21st May 2017, 04:21 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Blackthorn Walking Stick
Skull stick.jpg Blackthorn can be a really nasty wood ! this stick started out as a horse head but was cracked & checked right through as well as badly wormed - so an emergency change of plan necessary after roughing it out !
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21st May 2017, 11:01 PM #2Senior Member
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Well I think that was a very good "save" ,I like the skull, you can see how you started as a horses head but the skull works fine. Blackthorn? never heard of it, a UK wood maybe?
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22nd May 2017, 12:06 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks Rob, yes , I'm not surprised you've it is not a commercial wood at all - its a small, scrubby European thorn tree (30 feet max). It is never sold in a lumber yard but is highly prized in stick making circles for its black bark & knobbly profile caused by where the lethal 4" thorns used to grow out from . It is rare & very expensive & a bitch to dry without cracking up entirely !
Mike
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22nd May 2017, 08:12 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Great save and a conversation-starter to be sure. Is it good under the hand?
I have to lean on mine (sense of balance damaged) so it's a concern for me.
Mine's got a handle fatter than a big banana.
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22nd May 2017, 09:01 AM #5
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22nd May 2017, 09:31 AM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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I'll sell this for what I can get ! ????? - cos I'm in the fortunate position of not needing to use a stick , quite yet ! But an emphatic YES ! it is good under the hand .
I hate making anything practical that isn't well up to the job it is intended for - any beauty or interest is useless on top if basic function is flawed. ( although there are many cane collectors who never use them !)
That's not for me though , I leave the stick over long & when it's sold , I send them info on how to measure leg length etc & cut it to fit them .
Then I fit brass ferrule bottom of differing designs depending on their usual terrain.
I see first job as functional & second decorative, even if it's a very decorative one.
Mike.
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28th May 2017, 07:57 AM #7
Nice work!
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8th July 2017, 12:28 AM #8
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nice job a one piece is often problematic to carve .Blackthorn love it but what a devil to harvest and season
Your right about being well sought after and you do need to be mad to harvest them it probably shreds your clothes and skin to bits trying to get it . but loads of us do it
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8th July 2017, 02:40 AM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Yep , It's a bitch to dry too !
Thanks Cobalt.
Mike
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