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SOME of the diamonds have been scraped out; some not. These sticks have been drying for more than a year.
A veritable MOUNTAIN of help re finishing sticks lives HERE.
Here are links to the other stick pages:
FINISHED sticks .....
BIG ones .....
Coffee Cup or Lampstands .....
Rails
I sort the sticks by quality, ranging from (prox) U.S.$17 up. NOTE that as the quality/price goes up, the number available goes down. Duhhhh!
As you probably know, making your own stick gives a tremendous feeling of accomplishment so I encourage you to do that.
NOW HEAR THIS: I went to Alaska in August 2001 and searched the stores for D.W. Found a few but the prices were high and the quality low. I can honestly say that I have them all beat "by a country mile." Check the testimonials page for actual comments from my customers.
When you know what you want, please see my ORDER INFORMATION page for availability.
I waxed the ends of SOME to prevent split-ends; others were soaked in Pentacryl and others were not treated in any way whatsoever. All have been dried for at least one full year.
SO SORRY........... the higher-priced sticks go quickly and are in VERY limited supply. Also, it is impossible to keep these pages up-to-date; EVERY stick is unique.
IF YOU WANT to come and inspect the supply and pick the ones you like best, please email me well in advance; I'd be most happy to meet you and let you 'pick and choose' and avoid the cost of shipping. You would most likely find a lot of "better-than-$20-sticks" in the "20-dollar-bin." ONE final note: Many of these sticks are VERY LARGE. I'll do all I can to make sure you know what you are getting before you get it; ask me if you want more details about any stick(s). I can't very well bring the stick to you so you can feel it. What you see here is what you get. Don't complain after you get a stick that it was too big. There is a limit to what I can do; people mostly want very large sticks so that is what I harvest. Sometimes I've asked people if they were building a log cabin, or a corral or what with them!
EXTRA-LARGE: If you want really, really big ones for furniture etc etc, I can supply them too. See the Rails, Cup/Lamp-stands or HUGE ones pages.
These Super Sticks were sold in my annual January Super Stick auction sale. The next one will be January, 2009 when I'll sell the very best of the 2007 harvest; there will be very few.
I have something like 800 of the "regular" (C$20) sticks on hand.
Now HERE is a SAMPLE of my C$20 sticks. NOTE that this picture is ONLY A SAMPLE; there are too many to show them all. When you are sure that you want some, I'll email you a picture of some to choose from.
For orders of 15 or more of these C$20 sticks at one time I'll allow a discount of 10%. If you want a larger discount, I'll increase that to 15% IF YOU COME and pick out your own sticks from my inventory. This offer can be withdrawn at any time.
BUT be SURE to ASK me for it! This applies ONLY to the C$20 unfinished hiking sticks.
I have a LOT of these; no doubt if I was to sort them again, some would be $25 or even $35 sticks; if you come to see them, you can pick and choose to your heart's content and get a super deal.
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Once in awhile I get a request from somebody for a large number of VERY LOW PRICED sticks for a club of boys or girls who want to finish sticks but cannot afford to buy C$20 sticks. I have some of these now; they sold quickly, skinned, and dry. These are my "SCOUT STICKS." All lengths, all thicknesses and some have a few diamonds. I have them with bark on also, but you must come and get them; I don't mail them out.
These were live/green when harvested and will turn mostly into white sticks, accentuating the red diamonds more. Lots available. It is not possible to get decent pictures of them so you must come and inspect them.
Sometimes I bring a stick out of the bush thinking it is a good stick but, at the cabin later, I start to work on it, I notice some rot or some splits or just plain lack of good diamonds. These then become my "Rejects" and sometimes I have quite a few. I let them go for C$4.00 each but you have to come and inspect them first. As of spring 2007, I'm much more "picky" and they are now a lot better than the "Rejects" of previous years.
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