[Woodcarver] braiding wood for a walking stick???

[TommieBStewart at cs.com]

In a message dated 2/28/2006 11:43:26 AM Central Standard Time, 
harounhadadi2 at yahoo.com writes: 

> has anyone ever braided wood shoots while it was still growing with the 

> sole purpose of it growing tight together and longer and then to harvest it 

> later to make a walking stick or something decorative too???

Don't know about a walking stick but I had a nursery for over ten years and 
it is easy to braid small ficus plants and then grow them until it is six feet. 
You can also put a dowel between the loops of the braid and keep the braids 
open. The ficus is the only thing I have used but I'm sure you could use other 
small trees. Just make sure it is fast growing.
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