Bamboo Walking Stick

[Irish]

I continue the under-over wrapping pattern until I have reached the mark where I want to stop the wrap. Every few coils I can adjust the wrap using my thumb nail to remove any small gaps that may develop. Cut the wrapping wire about 12" to 15" beyond the last coil.

Tie a tight square knot using the wrapping cord for one thread of the knot and the two ends of the hand loop for the second thread. No matter how hard I pull the last coil always has a little slack left. I use this slack by raising that last coil away from my stick using my bench knife then I slide all three end cords through the raised loop. This sets all three cords to point down towards the bottom of the stick.

So ... at this point I am ready to add my feathers, beads, cut walnut shells .. whatever ... to my three dangling threads.

Hope you found something new in all of this ... again, if you have any ideas, suggestions or tips to add please do so.

Thanks everyone!

Susan

[Irish]

Oh! Duh, Susan!





Do ya think they might like to see the finished canes ????

[luscher]

Originally Posted by Irish

Do ya think they might like to see the finished canes ????

indeed i did enjoy seeing them ! thanks for the detailed treatment. i too love bamboo, and now i know the ins and outs

beautiful carvings. thanks again for sharing

ps - Marvin, great information about the wax. a waxy surface is someting i've always just put up with in the past (homemade writing instruments) but can now counter without needing to reinvent the wheel -- i thank you

[toycarver]

Those are super neat looking! Lots of good info on this thread.

[sashadoc]

And I thought bamboo was only good for fishing!!! Beautiful sticks and a well done tutorial.

Tim

[watereerat]

Hubby recently brought home quite a bit of bamboo for purposes other than carving. As some of these "sticks" are quite large and thick, I searched for bamboo on this forum and found this thread. Has anyone actually carved bamboo? i.e, done microcarving on the exterior? The basswood toppers are all great but I keep looking at that bamboo cane and thinking someone, somewhere must have attempted to carve the exterior in some fashion...
I'm sure y'all have lots of pros and cons to share about this. It's just really hard to look at these wonderful canes without immediately thinking "How can I carve this?" For that matter, it's impossible to look at any type of stick without wondering how best to carve a cane from it!

[Tommy Taylor]

Thank you very much for this thread Susan.Gives me an idea what to do with some stalks similar to Bamboo that my sister grows.