another hiking staff

[BowSlayer]

hey all when i saw the hiking staff in this thread http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,41630.0.html i wanted to give it a try so i went to my firewood pile first and found nothing (too short) so i wen't to my stave pile, this is now mostly yew  so i picked out my most knoty, twisted, wobbly and shortest stave and set to work. after abot 5 hours this is what i have. not as impresive but i like it. there is a bit by the handle where a branch came of which has left a nice patch of heartwood. there are also some other patches of heartwood in places. i still need to do some sanding but thats about it for now. let me know what you think and thanks for looking

[Stoker]

Coming along real nice.. The more you work on it the nicer it'll get.. I have a yew branch I've been looking at for a while.. It's a walking or beating stick... Hmmmm gives me another idea..
Thanks leroy

[Thesquirrelslinger]

ive got a wickedly awesome hiking staff of locust that i kinda lit on fire and then lightly sanded, then coated with enough urathane to drown a squirrel.
it looks like its coated in glass(plus its a little zig-zaggy)

[BowSlayer]

ive got a wickedly awesome hiking staff of locust that i kinda lit on fire and then lightly sanded, then coated with enough urathane to drown a squirrel.
it looks like its coated in glass(plus its a little zig-zaggy)

Sounds Cool. Got any pics? 

[bow101]

I made one very close to that.  I did the spiral all by hand with a lock blade knife..

[BowSlayer]

I made one very close to that.  I did the spiral all by hand with a lock blade knife..

Same here.  Got any pictures of yours?