After you have selected your walking stick, decided whether to remove the bark or not, and have the walking stick dried and carved, you are ready to decorate the walking stick. There are a ton of things that you can add to your walking stick. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- Leather Wrist Strap
- Feathers
- Wood Burned Designs
- Pace Counter
I had a beaded pace counter and thought that it would be really cool to add it to a walking stick that carved with a few hunting symbols. The pace counter is a piece of 550 parachute cord with 9 beads on it. It is used to measure distance as you walk. You choose a predetermined distance (determined by the number of steps it takes you to walk) and then pull a bead down. As you are walking, you can see how far you have walked by the number of beads that you have pulled down.
Here is a picture of the walking stick with the pace counter attached:
Decorating or adding items to your walking stick is a great way to add a unique touch to your walking stick.