Walking Staff

[Ashbys]

Just an update,
Finished carving the walking staff, Has 14 faces on it. Just wanted to share a couple of them before it is finished.

[wade clark]

Wasn't he a British Colonel in India? He looks better in wood! Nice carving!
Wade

[Ashbys]

Thanks Wade!

Yep I thought the same thing about the one looking like a British solider, somewhere around the Victorian period, but it wasn't intentional. The first face is the happy face for Hi-ho.
I am very pleased with the changes which occured when carving this staff, the faces really became quite unique as I progressed.
Just finished putting the stain on, so should get the first topcoat on today as well.
The wood is poplar, and the finish stain is chestnut. Then a rubber cane protector will be added to the base. The first staff I did , split on the end when I hit a rock , so now I add the cane base to all of the staffs. For a small cost really improved the support gained from the staff.

Ash

[Irish]

Ashby,

Very nice use of undercuts ... I love the dark shadows under the brow ridge and eye lids!

Susan

[Mryooper]

I like the faces on the staff. Pretty cool!!

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Well I can rest easy now.....a happy face! lol

[Thor]

Ash, I wish we could see the other faces. I appreciate how long that had to take in spite of how fast you are getting at them.
I have carved four more staffs now that I have gotten the hang of them, but I keep giving them away before I take pictures of them. One had a peacock on it, another had a serpent and a yin yang in the shape of base clefs (sp), and a face as well, the other two had a face and a flower. I have two more staffs stripped down and ready to carve.
Where did you get the rubber cane protector? I haven't gotten that far.

I also finished building my bear carving into a box, and put it out on display and sold it in about 3 hours! That was fun. I posted it's picture and another piece in my picture gallery. The other new one is a shelf with tudor roses on it with a little dowel rod under it to hang towels. I'm making my box "bigger" instead of thinking outside of it. My son suggested doing that.

Thor

[Kenny_S]

YUP, Ya did fine Ash!

[Lightningbolt]

Geez! It looks like you and Colin have gotten something stirred up with the multi-faced staffs. Nice idea and thanks for posting. Great work!

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

walmart has the cane tips in the pharmacy dept....2 in a box for 2.50 I think they are...but they are sized 1/8 in smaller than the box size says....if you want 5/8, get the 3/4, if you want 3/4 get the 7/8 etc...