Originally Posted by
32t
Sort of off topic but I have been having fun carving walking sticks. Green to dead and "dry" in the woods. I am having problems with them cracking from the ends. They are round like brush handles. Or at least most! That is my connection. In my application a crack even can give character to the stick but what if I tried to dry a stick to make a brush handle out of it? Some woods like Box Elder, Lilac, etc. have fun layers of color so making a handle out of a stick would allow the color variation.