[Woodcarver] tips for walking sticks

[dick carter]

>From: "butch johnson" <cmjohnson at i-55.com>
>
>I am looking for a good site for tips to put on walking sticks. I love 
>carving sticks but always have trouble finding good ollking ferrals. Any 
>help will be great.
>Butch Johnson
>_______________________________________________
>

Butch.

I have to use a cane & was not happy with the commercial ones so I started 
making my own.

http://www.treelineusa.com  has some tips/ferrules.

I bought some, used one, and the rest are collecting dust somewhere. These 
tips look nice, but don't have much gripping power on concrete/tile 
surfaces. Some of these tips are threaded & you can convert from one type 
tip to another. When I want to go somewhere I don't want to be looking for 
the right cane-tip (the Grandkids probably hid it somewhere anyway)  I make 
my canes to be used, not just looked at. ACE Hardware has an assortment of 
rubber tips (don't get plastic). These come in Black, Bronze, and White & 
with diameters from half-inch up to 1 & 1/4 inch.

For Winter use, I get 'spike ferrules' from http://www.hikeamerica.com/ . 
These are the tips that
you'd usually find on 'ice axes'. I have canes for 'dress-up',  others for 
'what-ever', and the spike ferrules work real nice in the Winter for a walk 
to the mailbox.

If you make a cane, with a fancy metal tip, for 'collecting' specify this on 
your receipt. If it's not specified & if it breaks and/or the tip slips on a 
hard surface... you may be liable & you know how our society likes to sue.

I don't make/sell canes for a living. I operate by word-of-mouth.  My canes 
are 'pricey' as they sell from $80, up to $125. If I get a comment about the 
price, I just tell them that they can get a real nice aluminum one at 
WalMart for less than $20.


Dick Carter
>From the Manadnock area of NH
rhc511 at hotmail.com
Please check-out my stuff at:
http://www.picturetrail.com/cartersstuff

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