[Lindy]

Hi Everyone!

Okay, here is the walking stick that I'm making for niece for Christmas carved and painted. I'm thinking about putting some stones in the "hat" - what do you think? Would this add to the stick?

Thanks for looking!

Lindalu (aka Lindy)

[carver6]

Depends on what kinda stones. Diamaonds, rubies and saphires might look nice.
Garon

[Kenny_S]

"Diamonds are a girl's best friend".
"Dog is a boy's best friend"
"Tools are a man's best friend"

The flowers sets the stick off. Good job.

[AlArchie]

Yep, that's one cool stick.....I don't quite get the concept of the rocks in the hat, but.....hey, whatever!

Al

[Lindy]

What I'm thinking of with the stones are I have some oval cut stones that have been polished that I would embed into the "hat" to create additional interest. They would be inset in the same manner as you would put in glass eyes for birds. Of course I could simply be going over the top on that idea.

Thank you all for your kind comments.

[AlArchie]

Wow, did I read that wrong! I thought you figured on hollowing out the top of the hat and filling it with stones (rocks)......maybe like "dumber than a box o' rocks"????? or " a hatfull o' hunkers"???

Your inserted "jewel stones" sounds like a neat idea. I'd vote for it.

Al

[Ashbys]

Lindy,

I am assuming you expect it to be either a playtime staff or a functioal walking stick. I do agree that inlaying a few of the fake gem stones into the crown would indeed be very nice for the art of the staff, I think that the playtime and use fuction could well cause that to be a bit of a problem.

Depening on the age of your niece and the size of the staff without the stones the staff could be used for a much longer period of time as she grows and would not be so storybooked as with the stones.

Also the abuse that the staff would take as a playtime item , it would be quite likely that the stones would be damaged or dislodged from the dropping it which is bound to happen, when using it as a toy.

I would not add the stones, unless you think it would be a piece that would be well taken care of.

Ash

[Lindy]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I have decided not to put the oval cut stones in and just wood burn in her name and sign the stick.