Sticks for sale
Sticks for sale
Here are all the sticks I currently have available for sale. I have created
this page so that you can see what's new (or what's left!) without having to
wade through the whole shebang every time. Of course, it also means I have yet
another page to update every time I finish another stick or sell one... When choosing a stick you must ensure that it is suitable for the use to which
you will be putting it. A slim, elegant, decorative stick may be fine to help a
little old lady maintain her balance, but it will break if a large, heavy
person with a bad leg attempts to put their whole weight on it. A hiker's
walking stick may be perfectly adequate for normal use, but it would be
foolhardy to use it as a vaulting-pole to cross over a stream, or in place of a
climber's ice axe. Hand-crafted walking sticks are made largely from natural materials and each
piece will have its own mechanical characteristics. Despite the craftsman's
best efforts, these may occasionally include hidden flaws. Furthermore, the
stickmaker has no control over the manner in which his product is used. A slim
stick which is held correctly, with the user's weight transmitted directly down
the shank, may be perfectly adequate for the job but will break if held
incorrectly, applying bending forces for which the sick was never designed. To
an extent this is true of any stick, but applies particularly to market sticks,
crooks and Cardigan sticks, especially where the handle is made of burr or
spalted wood. The attractive appearance of these woods derives from their
abnormal structure; the same abnormalities can give rise to weaknesses in the
material. We do our best to compensate for this by reinforcing potential weak
points with epoxy resin or inserted steel rods, but we cannot foresee all
eventualities. If you are considering the purchase of one of my sticks but are unsure of its
suitability for your needs, I will be happy to offer advice. In most cases I will be happy to cut a stick to size upon purchase, and will
fit it with a good quality brass ferrule (usually steel-tipped) at no
additional cost. However, the purchaser must accept responsibility for
specifying the correct size. Once cut, a stick cannot be uncut! Note - in most cases I will not cut a "collector's stick" to size.
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My stickmaking activities are now shut down while I get settled into my new home in Halifax, West Yorkshire. There is (inevitably) more work to be done on the house than I had originally bargained for, and it will take a couple of months before I can even start to think about setting up my workshop. This will involve some damp-proofing work in the basement and creating a level working area on the sloping floor in the garage, so I don't see myself getting back into stickmaking mode until well into the summer. Update 24 September 2006: Well, so much for that theory! I can't go into all the gory details here, but a relatively minor bit of structural work needs to be done before I can start setting up my workshop. Unfortunately, this can't be put in hand until a dispute with my surveyor has been resolved - so I'm still sitting here twiddling my thumbs. :-( Update 13 December 2006: Still no progress. Meanwhile I have changed my ISP and my Web hosting providers. This all seems to have gone smoothly, but it does mean I no longer have access to PlusNet's "My Circular" newsletter management tool. In fact my newsletter never really got off the ground as, what with everything else going on, I never had time to compose a proper newsletter anyway. Sorry, folks - I'm now removing that page, but if and when I do have any time on my hands I will try to find an alternative way of setting it up. Update 05 January 2008: The saga continues. Over the past year I've had quite a bit of work done on the house, much of it unrelated to my stickmaking activities. Currently I'm waiting for the Council to mend the pavement outside my garage so that the new garage doors can be adjusted to keep out the rain. This should have taken place before Christmas, but like everything else it's all taking far longer than it ought to. However, once the garage doors have been sorted out it will then be down to me to deal with any remaining problems and start creating my workshop. It's bound to take several more months, but I am hopeful that I will be up and running again some time this year! |
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C061 | Collector's item: A malacca walking stick/cane with detachable plastic duck's head concealing a corkscrew. Probably dates from the late 1950s or early 60s. | Now just £20 GBP to clear |  |
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This page last updated Monday 28 April, 2008