Hello Dave, do you have any suggestions on good places to buy some horn, me and my Grandad are keen stick makers but since lockdown we can find any horn. Have you any ideas?

How long in the steamer?

Great video, thanks for teaching your trick and experience!

Would you normally give the property owner (or his wife) a nice stick while exposing your full wood?

well done ole mate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, top job done,, cheers.

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

Definitely a Master Craftsman . Old school is the best. Thank you Dave. God Bless. Virgil

True craftsmanship! 75 yrs young here, just getting into cane/walking sticks. Do you have a way to shaving down bigger diameter branches? Love your shop. Thanks Virgil

Would the steamer technique work on straightening blackthorne?

Season for a year and then steam and straighten?

Absolute magic.❤

why would you season it dry if it is going to be soaked again into steam? Why can't you straighten it by heating it with a heat gun when it is fresh and its natural juice boils from the heat?????

Thank you Sir for taking all this effort to learn us lesser gods the art of stickmaking..🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 (A new subscriber for the Channel)

Thx this helps so much

Hello Great job! Do you do the straitghtening job before seasonning or after? Cheers

i have watched this video and i am afraid i am going to use some horrible method involving a kettle and my feet because i need to bend exactly one stick ever, but know that i will be thinking of your lovely stick straightening device the whole time

Great videos, may I ask where you get your knife from that you use to shave the wood when fitting the horn.

How long do you Leave them in the steamer for

Thank !

This video was a tremendous help, thank you for your videos. They are much appreciated 🤙

Thank you mate

Hello, do you stain the sticks or put a sealer on them after they have been seasoned? Love your videos!

But if drill slips it’s going through the femoral artery sorry.

An absolute legend

You clever old sod ......a true artist .

Hey hey!! Glad I found you too, Dave! You have a new subscriber! 😊 loving your videos! 😍

do you agree with those that cut wood only during the waning phase of the moon, supposedly because the wood does not rot and wear if cut then??? thank you

what is your opinion on the practice of waiting for the waning phase of the moon to cut wood for walking sticks , supposedly because the wood then is not succeptible to rot and wear ? Thank you great video

As a knife maker, I understand you had no mask on. Well done, I just finished my first thumbstick😊

Genius

Very satisfying to watch,and love the stick and workshop. Thanks for sharing this beautiful craft 🙏

Man, I would love to understudy with this fellow!

I boiled a Buffalo horn for 4 hours and it barely bent at all. Seeing you boil something for 45 minutes and then you can ban I'm dead what's in that pot.

Good on you man!!!!

Thank you.

I'm not sure but in Germany we might call this "Baumperle" (Tree Bead)

Great info thanks

Just Video ! Just Subbed. 👍 Question : Can you bend a Full Curved Handle : with that Steam ? Or is their a different way to do this ? 🙄 Are certain Woods better than others. * Am a 'Younger' Stick user. Hate the Physio / Shop Metal ones ! Had a Garden Wild Cherry* Tree come down in Storm Arwen. Would a Tree Limb* from this bend into a fully curved Handle Stick ? Someone has offered to make me a Handmade one. Hope you can advise. 😉 Had a Accident, want a Stick to go over Arm, as also have Dexterity Issues, one less thing to drop when with Assistance Dog (!) L- Shaped Handles, are not my favourite. . . Although Disability Dog is trained to pick it up (!)

Great video! I would love to have this man as a neighbour, I gladly help him, even is a cameraman, just to get so much knowledge. Do you have any video or information of how to make the wooden bending unit? I have a around 12 sticks, hazelnut and blackthorn, seasoning for over a year, so I’m looking forward to start next year working on them

Left horn is grounded on a pyramid bolders the right one is grounded on bodmin moor aka bent double horns and both the horn points are hidden in single clouds

I’m not finding anything as straight as hawthorn. Crepe myrtle is about as good as I can get. Not much character in it. Seems to be fairly hard and strong. By the way, I hope all’s well with you. Would love to see you make more videos. Much knowledge to be passed along. I’m certainly soaking it up. Thanks for sharing your skills.

Thank you so much!!! I had no idea this could be done so quickly as you did it. I am just amazed 😂. Thank you again for so graciously making a video for your fellow man. I wish I could give you 50 thumbs up!

Can you put a sling shot band on it?

I may have missed it but how long do you steam them for? Thank you!

You've certainly got an eye for curves. Only time I ever saw one come even close to your handle was in a silver spoon from 1833! Sheer beauty. Thank you so much, and to the cameraman, too.

Very well made and very informative thank you 😊

Thank you sir! I’ve got a couple of sticks I’m particularly fond of. Unfortunately, both have dog leg bends in then. Both are seasoned and will be straightening them tomorrow. Going to try the heat gun as that’s what I’ve got. Thank you kind sir.

Hello there, I'm absolutely making a straightening jig like yours. Thank you for showing your method; it's very helpful. I do have a question; in your experience, is there a significant difference between leaving the bark on the stick when leaving it to dry, or stripping it first?

Steemer should just off horizontal with a catch tray at the lower end to catch condensed water to stop creating mould,fungus and rot in your shed

Your an inspiration. What happened that you stopped making videos..? I hope you are doing well 👍