Thread: wood for a walking stick

I want to make about 3 walking sticks. I will need
a, 2, inch x 2, inch, x 4, foot piece of wood. I don't know how rare these woods.
but I ould like, a piece of teak, rosewood, black rosewood, and, red lauan.
I live in BanChang, so I would like to buy here, Rayong, or Pattaya.

Thanks,
whittler

List of wood kinds / Thai names:
Mai sisiet nua =Mimosa (Acacia catechu)
Mai makha = Black rosewood or Monkey Pod Tree (Afzelia xylocarpa)
Gaang luang = Persian Silk Tree (Albizia chinensis)
Mai krabak yai = Korth. (Anisoptera costata)
Mai saake = Breadfruit (Artocarpus communis)
Mai kanun = Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Mai ngiu = Cotton Tree (Bombax ceiba)
Mai chayapruek = Laburnum (Cassia fistula)
Mai ma prao = Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
Mai daang = Rosewood (Dalbergia parviflora)
Mai ma klua = Ebony(Diospyros mollis)
Mai yang = Indian ash (Dipterocarpus)
Mai yukalip = Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus sp)
Mai ni krot = Fig Tree (Ficus bengalensis)
Mai dton bo = Sacred Fig or Bo Tree(Ficus religiosa)
Mai para = Pará Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis)
Mai takhien = White Thingan (Hopea odorata)
Mai tong bung = Tualang (Koompassia excelsa)
Mai ma muang = Mango (Mangifera caloneura)
Mai champa = Magnolia(Michelia champaca)
Mai dton son = Pine (Pinus kesiya, merkusii)
Mai pradu = New Guinea Rosewood or Narra Wood (Pterocarpus indicus)
Mai ching chun = Siamese Rosewood (Pterocarpus macrocarpus)
Mai gong gang = Mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata)
Mai cham churee -Rain tree (Samanea samana)
Mai daang = Taengwood 'Balau' (Shorea obtusa)
Mai rang = Red Lauan (Shorea siamensis)
Mai gong gang = Mangrove(Sonneratia sp)
Mai makam = Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
Mai sak = Teak (Tectona grandis)
Mai daeng = Burma Ironwood(Xylia xylocarpa)

i hike a fair bit and carry a stick, good for the knees when coming down slopes and useful for fending off the dogs.

i use a stick that i made from a length of bamboo i found whilst walking, about the width of bike handlebars and about 4 feet long i put a metal ferrule on one end and a rubberised motorcycle handgrip on the other and it has served me well for 4 years.
its not heavy, scares off the dogs and can beat down any thorny foliage or medium sized branches that get in my way.

it has patinated nicely into a dark reddish brown and never cracked or warped.

bamboo in thai is maai pai, ไม้ไผ่


teak would look good if polished, but might be a bit heavy to use as a walking stick.

I do a lot of walking and recently developed a crook knee. Cut myself a length of green bamboo a little bit thicker than my thumb. Its now dried out and is just about the best walking stick i have ever had. Make sure you cut just below the knot at the bottom and above the knot at the top.

A lot of old men come to Thailand looking for wood; sometimes they find it


anyway, teak is easy, just find an old window/shutter frame and use that

the others are more rare but can be found in recycling yards

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good site for ideas and info about wood types and suitability.

Get down to Pattaya if you want wood
Loads of crotches under 5 foot down there

judging by the blokes nik, I don't think bamboo would be what he wants

...also have a crook knee... thought about bamboo and various other woods around the farm..currently use long handled machete thing..

...I think maybe a root would be good ...rubber?

...then make the stick ......555