WALKING STICK IDEAS. WOODCARVING A HERRINGBONE PATTERN

Today we make a patterned walking stick or cane. I cut a highly figured cherry blank into 1/2" pieces and glued them together to form a herringbone pattern. It makes an incredible weave when all shaped. I show all the steps to create it, then make a transition piece from butternut and Iroko, then attach it to a maple stick. There is a carbide tip at the base.
I then stain the base dark to match the cherry and use Teak oil on the stick. A final coat of beeswax and buffed to a nice shine.
Hope you enjoy the process and let me know what you think of the woodcarving.
Thanks for watching.

[@christinakindler9112]

Wow, what a beautiful piece of work! The herringbone pattern is beautiful and the choice of wood you chose to make it is excellent! Love it

[@JasonHedrich]

@@christinakindler9112 yes, really happy how this one turned out! Thanks again

[@rex758]

EXCELLENT work. the pattern looks great, with contrast woods. just beautiful.

[@JasonHedrich]

@@rex758 thanks, the grain was wild in that piece of cherry! Really helped with the pattern

[@keithdavison5578]

What an incredible handle i will have to watch the video again this take in what you have done, it's really beautiful thanks 👍👏👏👏

[@JasonHedrich]

@@keithdavison5578 thank you so much! I really like how it turned out

[@oldnndway4641]

That is a piece of art ! Thank you for sharing how it was made !

[@JasonHedrich]

@@oldnndway4641 my pleasure, I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@danawrigleywalkingstickand5677]

Awesome result Jason!! That handle is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long while. Got goosebumps when the oil went on. That grain!

[@JasonHedrich]

@@danawrigleywalkingstickand5677 thank you! I took me a bit to figure out how I was going to do it but once I saw the wild grain in that piece of cherry, I thought this might turn out great!

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Very nice! I love that herringbone pattern.

[@JasonHedrich]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@2ndchancegeorge]

Very nice love the handle idea. Great video.Thankyou

[@JasonHedrich]

You are so welcome

[@Old52Guy]

This is beautiful! I could never make this pattern work.Watching this is figured out where I went wrong, decided to chuck the entire idea of mine and go with yours for its simplicity and beauty. Thanks.

[@JasonHedrich]

Awesome to hear, glad it helped

[@Old52Guy]

@@JasonHedrich I have a couple of questions that are due to not being able to get the beautiful and functional woods you use. By the way all of your sticks are gorgeous. Have you ever tried mulberry for the straight ones or pyracanthea as a substitute for blackthorn?

[@JasonHedrich]

Yes, I got lucky with this piece of cherry. Where I live, I can mostly only get ash, maple and poplar. Cedar and pine are easy to get too. The species you mentioned I haven't got access to...

[@Old52Guy]

@@JasonHedrich Thank you! I live in desert part of the Western US. Softwoods are all around. Hardwoods have to be shipped in from the Eastern US, which makes the cost exorbitant.

[@JasonHedrich]

@@Old52Guy I understand that… we can get different woods but the lumber yards charge a small fortune. I mainly use downed trees I find in the forest.

[@jeremystafford8374]

Fabulous craftsmanship, thanks for your efforts with the channel, and sharing your knowledge/skills.....

[@JasonHedrich]

thanks for your support! I appreciate it

[@yuproger6395]

Belle réalisation et très bonne idée pour le manche, bravo

[@JasonHedrich]

Merci beaucoup

[@Alessio.zucconi]

Meraviglioso!

[@JasonHedrich]

@@Alessio.zucconi thank you

[@beverlydeardurff5366]

We had about three trees cut down. Two dead birch trees. I was wondering if the wood would carve well. I love the basket weave pattern. I like to carve this pattern. It's tricky to do, but once you figure out the cuts it's fairly easy. I love your work, but you use too many power tools

[@JasonHedrich]

@@beverlydeardurff5366 birch carves well… but if you want an easier first try, use cedar. It’s easy to carve and looks great with oil. Many of my carvings are done with hand tools only, it’s possible to do one without power tools. Thanks for watching

[@beverlydeardurff5366]

@@JasonHedrich I don't think that are any cedar trees in this area. There are a lot of birch trees. My dad built a workshop behind the garage. I'm in the process of going through the items that are in the workshop. My dad has a lot of old tools and a lot of power tools. Before he passed away, he made a lot of items. I'm working on cleaning it up and trying to organize like with like. By the way I live in Michigan with my mom. We live in a house that's on a remote and secluded area surrounded by trees and gravel roads.

[@JasonHedrich]

@@beverlydeardurff5366 sounds like you have alot of fun projects coming your way. About half my tools were handed down, that’s why I prefer hand tools… they work great and have a history to them

[@wasili-vx2zi9qt7r]

🇳🇱🤝👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@JasonHedrich]

@@wasili-vx2zi9qt7r thanks!