Gallery

Below are examples of my work.

This is NOT A SALES PAGE as most of these pieces have been sold. It is intended to indicate the type of stick and work I can produce. I can accept commissions to make an item that is based on the gallery but because of the nature of wood, antlers and horns I cannot make an exact replica – it will be similar but not identical.

Commission from AH in Cornwall for a crop whip onto which to attach a bullwhip extension for a working item

buffalo thumbstick – I made two of these for two separate fathers from their respective sons;

Progression of a Sabbath Stick – a disguised golf club used on a Sunday in defiance of the Church rules of no golf on Sundays – a commission for a lucky husband from his wife Pauline

I cut out two blanks (just in case) from a picture the customer sent me
the blanks in two different grain lines
with the buffalo horn cemented on for shaping – i do it this way so that when filing the grain doesn’t rip
the flat hitting side
showing the driver shape – this was made for a left handed person although it was comfortable in either hand
varnished, polished and a waxed thread whipping applied –
brass ferrule and another waxed threads whipping applied – to aid grip if used as a golf club

25/10/2021 progression of a rams horn crook for Peter North Devon. It was a broken shaft with a rotting peg joint and had some age to it and of course some inherent flaws. It was dismantled , the flaws exposed and opened to cement with epoxy before reshaping to the original contours. About 4 hours of hand polishing. as an old horn I purposely left some of the ‘flaws’ and discoloured areas as part of the character of the horn.

cut off the broken stick -some rot and cracks in the shell.
drilled out and refilled with good timber – to allow for a threaded rod to be cemented onto the original peg joint
a crack across the nose on the inside probably from dropping – little rigidity left so it was cut into cleaned out filled with epoxy resin and filed back to its original contour
cut into the damaged part to build up with epoxy
note here the rough inner edge left by the maker
cleaned, filed , sanded inner edge
handle ready for jointing – the red tape I use to protect the horn as I cut in the rebate for the collar
finished polished crook right facing –
finished crook left facing

21/9/2021 Progression of a black rams horn with a cap on th open end similar to a market stick – this is because despite being beautifully coloured horn there was simple not enough workable length, hence my opting to use the cap.

26/9/2021 Progression of a rams horn crook

02/09/2021 Progression of a cow horn Hiker to include a sentimental wedding cufflink in a resin cap for Mr S.O’C Limerick – that’s the county crest on the cufflink

makeshift mould from good old gaffer tape! Epoxy poured in, left to cure then polished using decreasing sized grit paper to eventually polish with a fine polish
02/09/21 Second stick for S.O’C Limerick using a spalted knobstick drilled out to take the second cufflink and embedded in epoxy resin before polishing

03/21 commission stick using a reversed mounted double tine antler – the owner wanted it to be able to hang on a fence etc. if she had to clean up after her dogs. capped in buffalo and mounted on hazel

commission stick from straight indian rosewood to a Derby style cane handle

01/21 Progression of a commission stick – reversed first tine antler on a hazel shaft with an engraved brass collar that has a family crest on it – now living in the US a gift to a father from a son.-

12/20 above a cow horn hiker progression – the caps are boiled flattened and epoxy cemented to the horn prior to finishing;

below a spalted hiker top progression

01/21 the stages a buffalo horn crook

06/21 pair of crutch tops for JK’s father’s birthday – what lucky dad eh
Hiker top on hazel shaft
Letter openers – won’t open emails!!
Nose in crook in oak horn spacer on hazel shaft
Blanks cut from a block of oak
Fairy doors
The finished crook hadles mounted for a commission and now living with James
Buffalo horn crook on hazel shaft
Red deer antler thumb stick with white bone spacer
TEa lights
One piece leg cleek (to catch sheeps leg with – can of course be used as a walking stick
Red oak turned top knob stick with buffalo horn spacer
Nose out crook in spalted beech, horn collar on hazel shaft
Resin cast Border collie stick – other breed types avaiable to order
One piece thumb stick with buffalo horn caps
Red deer antler crutch top – this uses the coronet as the heel, it’s tipped with a water buffalo cap
The duck now belongs to Maggie T in Berkshire, Alfreda she has named her.

Progression of a commission stick for Alan 2021

05/21 progression of a crook for floral wedding decoration – note the wedding style ring as a spacer

Progression of a thumbtack fro Chris 2021 – insert of buffalo horn on the face where I have to grind out a small undeveloped tine.Last picture Chris took on its inaugural outing on Exmoor half an hour after he collected it