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Information |
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Backpacking Mastery | how to make a walking stick step-by-step |
Hill Shepherd | how to make a shepherd’s crook |
Instructables | info on making your own basic stick from scratch very cheaply |
Making a Brown Trout Stick | with ram’s horn head and hazel shank |
Phoenix Walking Sticks | how to measure the length of stick you need |
Pocket Farm Magazine | stickmaking: getting a grip on this traditional craft |
Self-defence with a Walking Stick | fantastic article from 1901 on how to defend yourself with a walking-stick |
Stinnett Sticks | Youtube channel on US backwoods stick maker |
Walking Stick Forum | forum on all things to do with walking sticks |
Woodland Sticks | Youtube channel on stick making |
WoodlandsTV | video of a stickmaking demonstration |
Woodworkers’ Institute | description of the techniques involved in making a basic stick |
Woolshed | how to make a horn-head shepherd’s crook |
YouTube | video of making a walking stick |
Associations |
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Border Stick Dressers Association | encouraging the making of walking sticks and crooks by hand, Northumberland |
British Stickmaker’s Guild | UK organisation for stickmakers |
Calleva Stick Dressers | organisation to promote and encourage the craft of stick making |
Celtic Stickmakers Club | promoting traditional stick making, Ireland |
Hants and Dorset Stickmakers | practicing and promoting stickmaking |
Scottish Crookmakers Association | encouraging people to take up stick and crook making in Scotland |