the people here with walking sticks, did you buy them? Make them? Receive them as a gift? If you purchased one, how much did you spend?
My tracking stick I made, tapered of clear fir with a copper ferrule. My Irish Blackthorn sail éille I got from Lollysmith for about $40.00 US and modified to fit and suit me. The root knob was finished quite rustic; I smoothed, polished and varnished it (Birchwood-Casey TruOil; the same stuff I use on gunstocks); which really brought out the grain quite nicely and made it fit quite comfortably in my hand, and cut it to length (to the break of your wrist when standing, with your arms at your side), installed a brass ferrule and a non-skid black rubber cane tip. With wicked bilateral sciatica and peripheral femoral neuropathy, my sail éille isn't a mere fashion accessory.

I found these which might be of interest to DIY'ers.