Quote Originally Posted by Twa_Corbies View Post
Usually cromachs are made with the head shaped from a ram's horn, which requires boiling the horn and some other techniques unknown to me; but there are cromach's that are made entirely from wood, and I believe that these are often made by digging up a portion of the root and carving it into the head of the stick. There are also very simple ones made by bending the branch using heat and steam. Stick carving is an artform unto itself, and there are competitions in stick-making throughout the U.K.
I've used that method myself, I've found that maple is the easiest to carve from the root. I've used a steam box before but never on a walking stick. As far as horn goes, think of anything that makes your own fingernails soft. It's the same material but thicker and denser.
I have many folks around me that have herds of goats, I'm thinking of inquiring about procuring some goat horn for my own cromache. I don't how well it'll turn out but it might be fun to try