Wood, for Steve “Hawkeye” Hamblin, is always alive. Especially if it’s dead. Understand, Hamblin uses an old-fashioned walking stick when most of the rest of the outdoor world uses trekking poles. If ...

Learn how to make walking sticks for a hobby by training a maple, crepe myrtle, or poplar tree into a spiral around a PVC support stake. Blaze new trails by making a walking stick from green wood that ...

Midland’s Don Welch clutched the carved eagle head of his cane in his left hand as he stood talking at the Midland County Fairgrounds’ Gerstacker Center Wednesday. The genial World War II veteran ...

LITTLE ROCK — Many urban hikers add an old-fashioned piece of gear to their hitting-the-road getup of athletic shoes, gloves, high-tech sunglasses and jackets with easy-access pockets to hold phones ...

When country craftsperson Tim Anson was given his first penknife on his eighth birthday by his father, little did he know it would spark a lifelong passion. "He taught me how to keep it sharp and how ...

I’m seeing more and more people walking with sticks these days, but none of the factory-made, metal sticks look all that interesting. A home-made, wooden walking stick you whittle yourself is another ...