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--- stic:sticks [2025/12/05 18:57] – [What are the benefits of sticks and crooks?] asimong
+++ stic:sticks [2025/12/22 11:42] (current) – dave
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- 'Nose-in' stick
+ _'Nose-in' stick_
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- 'Nose-out' crook
+ _'Nose-out' crook_
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- Various parts of a walking stick / crook.
+ _Various parts of a walking stick / crook._
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- Heating a single shank with a hot air gun before straightening.
+ _Heating a single shank with a hot air gun before straightening._
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- A range of different handles - including thumb sticks.
+ _A range of different handles - including thumb sticks._
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- Straightening a shank with a stick press.
+ _Straightening a shank with a stick press._
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- Ram's horn handle.
+ _Ram's horn handle._
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- Making the peg joint at the top of the shank for the handle.
+ _Making the peg joint at the top of the shank for the handle._
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- Sticks can be works of art.
+ _Sticks can be works of art._
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 ## Further resources
+- [Forum](https://www.walkingstickforum.com/)
+- [British Stickmakers Guild](https://thebsg.org.uk/)
+- [Backpacking Mastery](https://backpackingmastery.com/skills/how-to-make-a-walking-stick.html) - step-by-step guide to making a walking-stick
+- [Hill Shepherd](https://hillshepherd.blogspot.com/2008/05/making-shepherds-crook.html) - how to make a shepherd's crook
+- [Walking Sticks](https://www.walkingsticks.co.uk/blog/how-tall-should-your-walking-stick-be.html) - how tall should your walking stick be?
+- [Stickmaking](http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/stickmaking-getting-a-grip-on-a-tradition/) - getting a grip on this traditional craft
+- [Self-defence with a walking stick](https://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_barton-wright_0200.htm) great article from 1901 on how to defend yourself with a walking-stick
+- [Hand-carved canes](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_r-tRncYqDToRXHVIeHSr4vicDQjzfHS) - video playlist
+- [Celtic Stickmakers Club](https://www.celticstickmakers.com/)
-## Specialist(s)
+## Specialist curators of this topic