Post #802292 by hang10tiki on Mon, Mar 21, 2022 7:06 AM

Ok So I wanted a walking stick, or 4

The first one I made was from a piece of eucalyptus, I trimmed my neighbors tree and kept a few branches:

Green mamba

Next was an old fence post I had in my garage, I think it’s pine, this one I wanted a coral snake winding in and out of a piece of Cholla cactus wood:

One day on a walk, I found this stick on the side of the road, thought it would make a perfect black mamba:

Lastly a piece of ash, they recently cut a tree down in a park by my house and I was lucky enough to obtain all the wood, I wanted to try my hand at painting so I went with a copperhead snake:

The gang:

(Inspiration and tips for the walking sticks obtained from Carver/painter Mike Stinnett.)

PS- did I mention the snake scales took me about an hour an inch to burn in. I think it was about 100 hours per stick! Lol

[ Edited by hang10tiki on 2022-03-21 07:15:54 ]