I bought a Blackthorn stick at the local Irish shop...It's a nice stick for sure, but those of you who are real "stick junkies' would do well to get a copy of John Hurley's 'Shillelagh Makers Handbook"
It's well written and shows you step by step how to make your own sticks. I'm sure that there are maybe a few of you who are responding to this thread while mere yards away from where you sit, there's a lovely sapling just waiting to be cut, oiled and dried in the chimney.