Great looking walking sticks can be made both with bark and without bark. It is up to you what you want the stick to look like in the end. If you choose to remove the bark, you have the option of removing it right after cutting the walking stick, or waiting until the drying process is complete.
After you have the stick cut that you want to use in your walking stick project, you have to decide if you are going to remove the bark or not. Some types of wood will crack and split worse if the bark is removed right away. Some that dry good with the bark off are:
- Maple
- Sweetgum
- Cherry
- Poplar
- Dogwood
The sooner that you remove the bark on most type of wood, the easier it is going to be. At whatever point in the walking stick process you decide to remove the bark, there a couple great tools to aid in getting the bark off of the walking stick. Continue reading »