Using green wood often results in stronger more customizable finished products.
Best wood for making a walking stick.
You can also use maple and many other woods.
Durable hard and in a stunning light color with a prominent grain these qualities make oak wood walking sticks a desirable choice for vintage wooden walking stick and ladies walking canes.
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This density makes hardwoods more durable and better suited for this purpose.
Like hickory oak is hard and strong but very heavy.
Hardwoods oak maple and walnut to name a few are denser than softwoods pine and spruce.
Black locust branches are among the strongest possible choices and they are relatively resistant to decay and abrasion.
Look for fresh hardwood but never cut from a live tree to make a walking stick.
While beech ash hazel chestnut and blackthorn are the most common types of wood for making walking sticks that are both attractive and durable there is a whole sea of wooden walking sticks out there to choose from.
Good options include maple alder cherry aspen and sassafras among others.
For these reasons stick with hardwoods if possible.
The stick i m using is birch.
Woods to collect for walking stick making are aspen maples willows basswood birch and many other deciduous tree limbs.
Go into a forest near you and get yourself a stick fairly thick and long enough for a staff walking stick with the axe or machete knife.
Oakwood is a rather popular hardwood for wooden walking sticks for its unique characteristics of robustness and aesthetics.
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Hardwoods tend to make the most manageable and sturdiest walking sticks.
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Blackthorn wood the strength of the wood makes them particularly useful for country or hiking sticks which can be seen throughout our blackthorn walking sticks category.
Also softwoods become gummy when you work with them are harder to sand and don t take finishes as well.
By stephanie mitchell when you make your own walking sticks you must choose between using dry wood or green wood.
Make sure you check out our full range of wooden walking sticks before committing to one.