Cubicle-nosed Mohawk pig hiking staff completed;-)

 Here´s my most recent hiking staff completed and close up. Top is a detail of the cubicle - nosed Mohawk pig that is intended to be a Celtic boar as a crown and handle-fitting. You can guide a length of paracord through the hole and make a loop that way to harvest apples and the like. The design makes the bristles also good for prying.

 The tip is tempered spring steel and makes a good choice when digging for roots.

I also fitted a leaf forged from bearing bronze.

The stick is made from fire-hardened blackthorn. It will get a jasper inlay into the gnarled part.

I personally like it;-).

A walking cane for my mother

 This is a walking cane for my mother. She´s getting older, and has some severe arthrosis in her knees, and, even though she would never admit it, she could use a kind of support. She never would use an orthopaedic cane, so I tricked her into using one by making her something she´d rather use instead.

 I put a stag antler handle on it set with a blood agate.

The wood is vine-infested alder buckthorn, and I put a stainless steel tip on it. I really like the colour of the wood.

I hope this stick will prove itself helpful for her. I owe her a lot, and since I cannot always lend an arm, I hope this can support her when she needs it. She has done it for me, too, when I was a kid, after all.