This handbook is a fantastic introduction to the wonderful world of creating a wide range of traditional walking sticks, market sticks and crooks and features 21 projects in total. Suitable timbers are covered in detail, as well as alternative materials such as ram's horn, antler, buffalo and cow's horn. Techniques and tips on straightening sticks, fitting handles and fixing a ferrule are thoroughly explained. This book also discusses seasoning timbers, shaping, carving and shanking handles, as well as a wide range of colouring and finishing methods.