new 38" walking stick

**Grizzly** · 17th July 12, 09:24 AM

*** for Hazel it's exactly the same as a staff I picked up in Austria many years ago and still providing excellent service.

**sailortats** · 17th July 12, 04:46 PM

Hi Chas; yes it is a walnut capand it fits the palm of my hand beautifully.

**Tartan Hiker** · 17th July 12, 07:54 PM

Well, if this stick was manufactured in North America, as I suspect it was, the topper is Black Walnut, the stick is either Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) or Cherry-bark Birch (Betula lenta). The little white "flecks" are actually called lenticles, and while hazel does have lenticles, it lacks the ring-like striations that show in your photo.

**sailortats** · 18th July 12, 06:52 AM

Thanks for this info T.H. I am pretty sure that you are correct in thinking this stick was made in the U.S. and I now see that the stick that Tobus showed does not have the striations that you speak of that are definitely in mine.

**Tobus** · 18th July 12, 08:59 AM

Interesting! Learn something new every day, I suppose!

Might be worth asking the folks at the store whether it is domestic or imported. If it's a Scottish import shop, it's very possible that they imported it from the UK.