Thread: Thumb stick / shooting stick

Always fancyed making a walking stick so last year I picked up a length of Lancewood from the brother in laws farm, and have had it aging in the garage for 10 months or so. I belive your ment to wait a year, but been somthing to do the last couple of days.
I sanded the bark off and made it nice to hold, chopped it to length pre drilled a 3mm hole in the center at the top and screwed a 100m screw about 40mm in to the Lance wood then chopped off the head and the shank off with a grinder creating a point on topof the 40mm thread sticking out.
I then lined up the piece of antler and screwed it on as the center of the Antler is fairly soft the is no need to predrill a hole. Before I screwed it right down I put a blob of pva round the thread and on top of the wood then screwed it down tight and left to set.
Once dry I used a flap disc on my grinder to blend it in and finished with sandpaper.
Finaly I applied a coat of wax to seal it.
Job done realy easy todo can't wait to get out and use it. The stick is about armpit hight so perfect to use as a standing rest for the rifle or binos.