How to make a walking stick - wood buring images

When you make a hiking sticks or walking staff you may wnat to consider wood buring images or patterns ont he wodo to create interesting designs. teh above image is a close up of a simple pattern that wraps around the walking stick.  Its give the walking stick the southwest Indian design look. Using simple geometric shapes, lines and repeated patterns will give your walking stick making project unique.

Wood burning kits come in all ranges from simple kits that start around $25 to professional ones that cost hundreds. When selecting your kit look at the wattage and the tip selection. The image to the right uses a tip that has grooves to create the parallel lines. The walking stick guides gives more details on how to create images and even free hand  wood burning not following a template.

Combine wood burning with wood carving or painting. Making hiking sticks and walking staffs if not just cut, sand and add a rope handle. Your walking stick making projects can include fancy wood staining, wood carving, wood burning, rope weaving a handle and much more. Making your own walking stick from wood collected on vacations will even bring your vacation home with you by creating a lasting memory. it's a great way to bring family members together learning how to make unique walking sticks, hiking staffs and other projects with left over walking stick wood.
 

Wood carving make a Fall Leaf walking stick

Transfer image on to walking stick to carve

   This is a project added to the walking sticks guides earlier this year. Its a Fall leaf project. Basically you transfer images on to your walking stick and then wood carve the images. The actual making walking stick project has several leaves on the stick arrange around (5 leaves). The instructions include selecting leaves sizes, how to transferring the leaves images, actual wood carving of the wood walking stick leaves, painting and a extra finishing touch of using copper wire.

     Adding copper wire after the leaves are painted gives the walking stick that added touch. The copper wire accents the leaves colors and really take the stick from an simple carving to a truly unique walking hiking stick or staff.  The project is design for people who have completed the carving section of the how to make unique walking and hiking stick guides. If you are new to making hiking sticks then this is not a project for you. It contains several steps and process that requires some basic carving knowledge. It is a beginner level  carving project for a person who has done some basic wood image carving of walking and hiking sticks.

   Making you own walking stick or hiking staff is easy if you know the process. As in any hobby, learning about the hobby is half the fun.  Why settle for a mass produce store bought stick when you can make one with your own hands.