This is the "RAILS" page

Rails, like unfinished sticks etc are skinned and dried; not sanded; and most diamonds have not been cleaned out as you can see below.

Major Change!

No more selling them by mail. Just tooooooooooo much work. I'm not as young as I was when I was not as old as I am now. From now on, anyone wanting Rails will have to come and get them.

Frank S. wrote:

One application of the stick is to make hand rails for inside of houses and campers. I own a Motor home and for the inside hand rail, I installed a piece of DW and have had many nice comments on that. A friend of mine, also installed a handrail in her house going down into the family room and has had numerous nice comments. We have used a piece slightly larger in diameter than a walking stick and it seems to work out just fine using the normal handrail hardware (brass).

Internal railing system (in a log home.....) (like around a stairway.....) Or as someone said: a railing across the edge of our loft bedroom in our cabin. See ideas on my page at: http://www.sticksite.com/carvings/

These are PERFECT for making LAMPS, tables, beds.............. see my carvings page (link above).

All Rails on this page are US$20. each but note the FREE RAILS offer below.

This page updated July 12, 2010.

Rails are becoming increasingly popular. Unfortunately, in the 2010 spring stick-harvest season which is now over, I harvested ONLY TWO Rails. In previous years I would harvest 50 or more. They are just too much work. Once all the stock on this page is sold, that will probably be the end of Rails sales for me.

I store all my Rails at the cabin so I might not be able to ship any in a hurry. Next trip to the cabin I'll bring back to the city all the ones you have asked for. So far:

These are spoken for:

TC wants these 13: 145, 152, 155, 197, 202, 217, 220, 231, 232, 239, 242, 248, 254.
RB wants these 4: 12, 16, 17, 21, 24, 25, 46, 72.
GB bought these 2: 66, 82. GONE.
RC wants these: 67, 102, 146, 157, 204, 210, 219, 241, 259, 263.

Rail number 52 has a split and should have the bottom 7 inches cut off.

Note the depth of the diamonds in this 3D picture; if you cannot see the depth; try to focus on a point about 14 inches behind your monitor:

MORE Expensive ones:

I do have a few extra-nice ones, ("SUPER RAILS") priced at US$40 each but those are for folks who can come and inspect them before buying. Here they are:

LESS Expensive ones:

I have 140 priced at only US$10 each. These vary in length from under 40 inches to over 6 feet. Nearly all have their bark ON. These are available ONLY to those who come and inspect them before buying. If you buy 50 of the "regular" Rails, you can pick 20 of these "Less Expensive" ones FREE.

I have a good crop of "HUGE ones" too; see them at http://www.sticksite.com/big_ones/index.html.

Here is an example of how the RAILS can be used:

Or around your deck

See what "Marcy and Jerry" in WA wrote and look at the fantastic job they did on their deck. And they didn't even sand the Rails:

"Thanks, Ken-we love it! Jerry used Chevron Shingle Oil on the rails. No, we did not sand them! The oil is essentially the same as the Baer product but tons cheaper. We use it on the siding of the house also. Just slap it on and it's done. I sent the pics so you could put them on your site if you chose to, so go right ahead. We still want to make a trip up your way--don't know when."

And here is what they did:

Thanks, Marcy & Jerry!!

Here is the deck built by my brother, John Laninga:

ken@sticksite.com