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OWS Visitor Submitted Photos – Camel

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Nov 162011

We asked for some pictures from other wood cavers and received a really nice response from Camel. Camel has been carving since early last spring and became interested in wood carving after seeing a copy of Woodcarving Illustrated and doing some research on the internet. Since joining a wood carving club in the area, Camel has been working walking sticks, Harold Enlow characters and a chain and ball in a box.

Camel wants to carve a walking stick for all the family members (5 kids and 9 grandkids) and then wants to focus on some more in the round carvings.

You can contact Camel at: debicam@ntl.sympatico.ca

Here a couple of pictures of Camels’ most recent walking sticks.

: Hand Carved Walking Stick

: Hand Carved Walking Stick 2

If you have a wood carving piece or walking stick that you are especially proud of, share it with us here at Ozark Walking Sticks. If you want to add some information about the piece and/or about yourself, feel free to do so. These pictures can be anything from just a picture of the carving to a picture of you with the carving project, such as a using a walking stick that you have made.

Seeing other people’s wood carvings can provide some great inspiration for others. As we receive pictures and biographical information, we will begin adding them to the Wood Carvers section of this website. Send your responses to: ten99j4@ozarkwalkingsticks.com

Waxing and Sealing Walking Sticks and Wood Carving Projects

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Sep 252011

Should wood carvers wax or seal their wood carvings? If so, when should you do this process? What types of waxes and seals have been used successfully? These may be some of the same questions that you are asking yourself when you hear a veteran wood carver talk about applying wax or sealer to their wood carving projects, especially their walking sticks.

Wax and sealer may benefit you in your wood carving finishing. Sometimes the wax or seal is applied before painting and sometimes after painting if not both. One benefit to using seal before painting is that it can aid in keeping the paint from soaking into the wood too heavily and running into areas that it is not intended to be. It also can help keep the end grain from eating all of your paint and appearing much darker than the rest of the wood carving. The end grain without any treatment will act like a sponge and soak up more paint than other areas. Continue reading »

6 New Walking Sticks

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Aug 282011

Well, it’s been some time since I worked on my walking sticks and have finally got 6 of them completed. I wanted to share them with you to enjoy looking at. There a couple that I have posted previously as uncompleted and a couple that are completely new.

How Can a Walking Stick Help You?

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Jun 132011

Walking sticks are not just for show and decoration. A good walking stick can have a number of advantages to the user. Walking sticks can be used to help promote better balance when walking up steep hills, managing heavy loads, crossing waterways and during brief periods of rest while walking. They can also assist you to move more freely over rough terrain, uneven landscapes, and help to prevent or slow a fall.

Walking sticks also provide relief to your body, by lessening stress and strain on your feet, legs and back. The walking stick will help to absorb some of the shock from walking on uneven ground and also reduce pressure and stress on your back and hips by helping to support your upper body while walking or hiking.

Walking sticks can also be used for self defense, as a camera mount to steady your picture taking, rake the ground of obstructions and debris, and to steady yourself when crossing small gaps and gullies. A final idea for how a walking stick can benefit you, is as a way of marking the ground to indicate where you have been previously while walking through the woods without a compass or gps unit. This will let you quickly identify if you have been at your current location before. The marks can also act as directions on how to return from where you came originally.

Sassafras Trees for Walking Sticks

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May 272011

About a year ago, as part of my interest in wood carving and creating walking sticks, I have found that many other walking stick carvers like to use Sassafras. They say that they Sassafras trees make strong walking sticks and smell good while you carve. That got me interested in trying to find some Sassafras trees to try out.

After doing some research about what the Sassafras tress look like and the leaf shapes, I set out to find some Sassafras. I finally found some less than 1/2 mile from my house. There are several small Sassafras saplings growing along a fence row. In fear that they fence row may get cleared before the trees get big enough to use for making a walking stick, I attempted to transplant about 9 of them about a week ago. Continue reading »