If you would like a walking stick for every day rustic country living, a once-off stick with a handle designed only by nature, a stick with its own unique characteristics, a stick that becomes your friend, a stick not just for admiring but for taking with you on a walk, then my sticks are definitely for you.
My sticks are produced from naturally grown shanks so the size and quality can vary significantly. Each handle has to be shaped, the shank is heated for some straightening (not a lot), then follows much boring sanding and, finally, several finishing coats are applied. Very few sticks will turn out to be blemish free. This is to be expected and natural cracks and colour variations must be accepted as normal characteristics.
So, the slogan ‘Created by Nature – finished by hand' accurately describes my sticks. I avoid the temptation to straighten them like billiard cues or to hide natural imperfections or other little idiosyncrasies. Instead I concentrate on shaping a comfortable grip on the handle. Once this is achieved I shave, sand and finish the shank to enhance whatever colour and grain that nature has given the stick. The end product is always a stick with its own unique look and character… one that the owner can establish an affinity with knowing that he/she will never see a copy with anyone else.
Each stick is separately photographed and numbered so that browsers can be assured that the precise stick ordered will be the one despatched.
Customers should be conscious that my Blackthorn sticks are different to the painted type that one sees in gift and craft shops. Instead the finish highlights the natural colour of the carefully sanded bark.
Like all of my sticks they are as close to what nature produced as possible… including the occasional twist, bend and other imperfection… makes them all the more unique and unashamedly Irish.
Blackthorn is prone to splitting – this is a characteristic retailer of the wood so hairline cracks are common. All of my Blackthorn sticks have been seasoned for a minimum of four years so any cracks will have ceased before they are offered for sale.
Weight 9.50 ozs
Length36.00 inches
Width 0.73 inches
Size Average
Product code: Retailer Blackthorn Walking Stick