Walking Sticks

[DWFII]

I have a Irish blackthorn root knob walking stick in transit from Ireland but I also have this stick.

I made this stick over 20 years ago. It is nothing fancy yet it is entirely unique. It is made from a log scaling stick...they probably don't even make them anymore...but they used to use them to gauge the thickness, and maybe even board feet, of a truck load of logs. The originals were probably eight feet long with a numerical scale on each side of the stick and the handle was usually longer and wider than what you see on mine. You can still see some of the scaling on the side of the handle. The source for this stick was broken...that's how I obtained it.

I originally made it as a wading staff--I used to flyfish for steelhead before I got too old and boogered up to wade deep turbulent rivers. But this stick has seen many a riffle on the North Umpqua, the Rogue, the Clackamas, both Santiams and of course the Deschutes...as well as a few coastal streams, as well. and it has saved my bacon a number of times. Its life as a wading staff is why it has a lanyard attached to it. I used to pin it to my vest and if I ever lost hold of it, it could not float away. But the lanyard is still handy using it as a walking stick. I can throw the stick over my shoulder and carry it slung...almost like a rifle.

[ccga3359]

Glen if you lop off the top inch or so and put in one of these couplings you now have a monopod for your camera. Other cane options. All available from Lee Valley (2 minutes down the road from if interested).