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During the winter mnths when walking do any of you use ice spikes fitted to your shanks they seem handy in slippery ice conditions and you can fold them back when you dont need them

Theres lote of different fixtures and fit ments here for stick making and know many of you use fitments adapted from the adapted plummers merchants

When you go hill walking do you use a alpine spike there hand on rocky and loose gravel

I just use heavy duty brass ferules and i am not keen on the rubber ferules they always look clumsy ,i suppose there pratical and do give good grip

, but what elese do you use ?

 

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a few fitments

ice grip

alpine spike ithe rubber furule

ready made blanks to purchase from one of my sources ,although i never buy blanks always meke everything myself

Bone collar

few of my own fiments (fitting a brass ferule)

 

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I do like it when people use there own ideas on anything it really dosnt matter that you like it or not , something useful always pops and this is a good example ,

My own ferules i find as wife says are noisey when walking along a path ,i dont mind the noise it makes ,so 1st glued a door enclosure on it ( one of those things that cushions the cuboard doors ,dont know what there called having a senior moment.).The point being it didnt last long so had a old rubber door mat very think piece of rubber glued that to it.lasted a bit longer .i will look at some fitments for furniture and try them

My wife though is the only person who mentioned it.but i do think it does give more grip on paths, although they are made for country walking down bridal paths etc

 

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For me one of the most important peices for a stick is some lime wood ,without it it wouldnt have a decorative top .this topper is only limited by our own imagination and offers endless scope both in size and shape .

Also the threaeded rod i use to attache it along with epoxy resin .With this i would find stickmaking quite dull as it allows me to improve my carving and imaginationit.It allso gives the stick characture as there are endless images out there to feed the imgination.allowing individuallity