Walking Sticks Articles & Videos

• Walking Sticks for Hiking

  When you hike through rough terrain, a walking stick can make your trip safer and easier. Use a stick to prevent the sprains and strains that could cut your trip short or leave you stranded on the trail. read more

• How to Care for Walking Sticks

  Stick insects or walking sticks as they are also known are bugs that mimic tree branches. Bred and born in a variety of sizes and shapes, walking sticks can grow up to 11 to 18-inches in length with a ½-inch diameter. Females are gener… read more

• How to Straighten Wood Walking Sticks

  Although decorative walking sticks often have interesting, gnarled patterns, walking sticks meant for use should be fairly straight. Tree limbs and saplings are often somewhat curved in their natural state, and can become even more curved a… read more

• How to Select Wood for Making Walking Sticks

  A walking stick is an intimate companion, and there is satisfaction in carving one of your own. Although it can be hard to tell from looking at a branch caked in mud and moss, their rich interiors offer a great diversity of colors and grain… read more

• How to Adjust Walking Sticks

  Walking sticks, or more specifically hiking poles, are frequently used by backpackers as an aid when hiking. The poles provide extra balance points when crossing rough or slippery terrain, help absorb pressure on the knees during downhill s… read more

• Homemade Wooden Walking Sticks

  Your hike is all that you anticipate. Fresh air, sunshine and beautiful scenery abound. The descending trail ahead seems none too difficult until you discover it consists of crushed rock and pebble. Now you really wish you had a walking sti… read more

• How to Adjust Nordic Walking Sticks

  Nordic walking sticks are used for Nordic walking, a simple and low-stress form of fitness exercise. It is a convenient and easy workout that is also efficient. Nordic walking sticks provide extra muscle involvement, which leads to a workou… read more

• About Walking Sticks

  A walking stick, sometimes called a hiking stick, is used as an aid while hiking or walking. Walking sticks are most often wooden, and homemade or store-bought. read more

• How to Make a Poncho Tent

  Knowing how to make a poncho tent means you can quickly provide yourself an emergency shelter on the fly if you are suddenly caught in inclement weather. On a short trail hike or day trip, you will not be carrying a tent and may not have a… read more

• How to Make a PVC Walking Stick

  Walking sticks are a smart idea on the trail. There are a number of outdoor situations in which having the extra support may prevent an injury or fall. They help hikers and backpackers with balance, maneuverability and defense. PVC (poly… read more

• Useful Facts About the Walking Stick

  The walking stick is an insect that relies on its strange body shape to camouflage itself from danger. Walking sticks have a head, thorax and abdomen like all insects. The three pairs of legs are long and some walking sticks even have wings… read more

• How to Make a Cane Walking Stick

  Cane walking sticks are different from normal walking sticks and normal canes because they are designed without a handle but are shorter than walking sticks. Cane walking sticks are useful during hikes or for support and are used by both el… read more

• How to Find Walking Sticks

  A walking stick is useful tool when walking and hiking by providing you with both comfort and stability on hilly trails and on flat ground. A walking stick is typically made out of wood native to the region where you are located unless you… read more

• How to Build Walking Sticks

  Walking paths and trails are generally safe to navigate, but can be unstable in certain conditions or if you are carrying heavy backpacks. Walking sticks give you added stability during foot travel and can help prevent slipping, tripping a… read more

• How to Make Walking Sticks

  Walking sticks allow you to hike with more stability. They are sold in stores but can be made very inexpensively from many kinds of wood. Hardwoods are more durable but are harder to work with. Softwoods are easy to handle but can buckle un… read more

• How to Whittle a Walking Stick

  A walking stick is a great tool for hiking, offering a little support and protection during a long day on the trail. Whittling one takes just a little practice. You can personalize it with special touches, and if you don't have time to sand… read more