The staff complimenting full garb.
Here is a customized staff completed by a customer from Texas. How cool is that!
Here is a sight I rarely get to see. This is a nicely customized staff at the 2022 Ren Faire in Tuxedo Park.
This is a pic of the same staff when it was completed. I like to send out raw, unfinished staffs because I would have never pulled off a vision like this. Nice job.
Here is another possible "knock down" joint that we can do for $10/joint. Unlike the scarf joint that has to be glued, this joint can be used multiple times to make travel easier. You will see this joint, and it is less than ideal, but it does yield a structural connection when compared to a screw-together joint.
Here is a completed "knock down" joint. With two joints in a 6' staff the three pieces will be about 28" each.
Another pic of the "knock down" joint. It is best suited to a hardwood species with the appropriate diameter. Please inquire before you order.
One of our recent visitors. We've had many over the years but sadly we have lost a lot to vehicular collisions and poachers. This is a young guy...hopefully he'll grow old here .
Late summer morning with a crisp chill in the air.
A walk at dusk to harvest a few more goodies. Note the double trunk tree. Good forest management practices are to remove any multiple stems and favor the straight single stemmed trees.
Our monstrous, tortured white pine complete with demon dog. No marketable wood value in a tree like this and it should be removed in theory...but it is a magical, sacred place.
Another angle of the big old behemoth white pine. The low branches and multiple leaders show it started it's life in a field where it suffered lifelong injuries.
Charred staff with a gazing ball
Microburst damage ripe for a forest fire
A choked out Spruce/Balsam wetland
The road less traveled
The hardest part: Choosing the best features to fit in the box
Stripping the bark with a drawknife
A sample of our choked, overcrowded woodlands
Storage and tracking for unfinished pieces
Freshly dug and not yet sized or peeled