One of the more interesting woods I recent used to make walking sticks is Malaluca . In south Florida
Malaluca trees were introduced over 80 years ago as a way to drain the wetlands so people. South Florida use to be on big swamp full of nasty critters and bugs. Along came the Europeans who brought with them Malaluca. The Malaluca trees soon because a good idea gone a muck! The tree started to take over everything and soon was considered something to destroy at all costs. Anyway, there are many areas of eucalyptus trees and saplings ripe for walking stick making and hiking staff carving.
The Malaluca saplings make great walking sticks and are easy to work. Plus, if you get the plants from South Florida you are doing the area a favor! The only hard part is peeling the paper like bark off the wood before carving. If you plan to wood carver walking sticks using the wood you need to wear a mask or haev very good wood carving air filtration system. The wood can cause irritation!
If you pull a sapling to make you walking stick take some of the roots ball. Strip the roots and polish them to make interesting shapes for you hiking staff or stick making project. Its better to get a young tree or sapling for the walking stick project. if you have an usual wood for your hiking stick making project or wood carving project let us know. If you want to trade wood let us know and we will post the request. Yes, we I will trade local hikgin stick making wood for wood from other areas. Let me know!
Malaluca trees were introduced over 80 years ago as a way to drain the wetlands so people. South Florida use to be on big swamp full of nasty critters and bugs. Along came the Europeans who brought with them Malaluca. The Malaluca trees soon because a good idea gone a muck! The tree started to take over everything and soon was considered something to destroy at all costs. Anyway, there are many areas of eucalyptus trees and saplings ripe for walking stick making and hiking staff carving.
The Malaluca saplings make great walking sticks and are easy to work. Plus, if you get the plants from South Florida you are doing the area a favor! The only hard part is peeling the paper like bark off the wood before carving. If you plan to wood carver walking sticks using the wood you need to wear a mask or haev very good wood carving air filtration system. The wood can cause irritation!
If you pull a sapling to make you walking stick take some of the roots ball. Strip the roots and polish them to make interesting shapes for you hiking staff or stick making project. Its better to get a young tree or sapling for the walking stick project. if you have an usual wood for your hiking stick making project or wood carving project let us know. If you want to trade wood let us know and we will post the request. Yes, we I will trade local hikgin stick making wood for wood from other areas. Let me know!
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