This ultimate, comprehensive guide explains how to make a wide range of traditional walking sticks, market sticks and crooks. Includes sourcing and seasoning wo

Originally published in 1998 by The Guild of Master Craftsmen.

Divulging its secrets in a structured way, so that you become more skilled as you learn, this book also allows those with a selective interest to dive headlong

Sticks are essentially practical aides but are also works of art that often become integral to the owner. They have to be strong and reliable, but are beautiful

Discusses the best methods of learning, describing how rereading and rote repetition are counterproductive and how such techniques as self-testing, spaced retri