Walking Stick, Custom made from Aromatic Cedar, with compass and signal whistle

Description

I custom make these from aromatic cedar, they have a directional compass and signal whistle

A walking stick has may purposes and should be in everyone’s bug home vehicle, polyurethane finish

Here’s a list of the benefits of using hiking sticks or poles:

• Improve your endurance by spreading some of the weight to your arms. Better workout.
• Better balance by keeping you from falling
• Can take much weight off your legs when climbing. Gives you an extra boost.
• Provides much better support when descending. Much safer
• Increase your stride and hiking speed with arm power
• Reduces stress on knee and hip joints
• Helps relieve chronic knee joint pain
• Use like a cane if you get injured
• Push weeds out of you path to reduce exposure to ticks
• Whack dead twigs off trees to clear your way
• Clear spiderwebs from the trail ahead
• Defend yourself against dogs, snakes, other animals or people, if the need arises
• Use as a tracking stick
• Reach high to knock fruit out of trees or vines
• Use as a monopod to stabilize your camera or binoculars – or rifle
• Clear sticks, branches and other stuff off the trails
• Lend a hand (stick) to help companions cross difficult areas
• Poke stuff you don’t want to get your fingers near (big insect, half-dead animal)
• Retrieving things out of reach or in the water
• Something to lean on when you stop for a breather
• Make noise to let the bears know you’re coming
• A stick to poke your campfire
• Tie on your bandana to waive as a signal
• Test mud and puddles for depth
• To part thick bushes or grass obscuring the trail