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What makes a man like me make something as useful as a walking stick? I first started making walking sticks and canes as a young fella. Well, I didnt make them, nature did. My father had come home from England with a limp that never left him. Hed had a bad fall while away picking potatoes in Lincolnshire. I cut a good straight piece of blackthorn and fashioned a kind of handle. It put a smile on his face and Ill never forget it. I went to work in England that summer and never thought about sticks again for nearly 40 years. When I came home to Ireland the blackthorn ditches had been torn out, but superstition had protected the old hazel coppice. It took me a while to realise what everybody else knows - hazel makes a great walking stick or cane and buffalo horn a comfortable handle. I hope you enjoy the work of an Irish Stick Maker.

 

Address: Irish Stickmaker, Balcaun, Charlestown, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Telephone: 353 94 92 55611
Fax: 353 94 92 55614
Website: http://www.irishwalkingsticks.com/