Solid wood walking sticks are a great way to attain extra mobility by offering you a firm-footed “third leg” that’s ideal for virtually any terrain. What’s more, walking with two poles (walking sticks) can provide even more stability and other health-related benefits like upper body exercise and light strength-building. Whether you’re trekking on arduous paths, trails, and other challenging terrain, or simply casually strolling through your neighborhood or local park, a stable walking stick or cane is invaluable.
Walking With a Single Walking Stick
One walking stick will give you much-needed stability in just about any situation. While hiking, a single staff is essential to negotiate loose gravel and dirt, streams, and dense forests. While casually strolling through neighborhoods or parks, a single stick will give you a little extra assurance with each step while relieving stress on joints and muscles.
Fitness Walking/Walking for Health
Using two walking sticks (“fitness poles”) simultaneously is quickly becoming a popular exercise. Two sticks allow you to utilize your entire upper body, doubling the exercise benefit of walking alone.
Hiking Staffs and Trekking Poles
Using two walking sticks on trails can be beneficial. As with casual walking, with two poles, using two sticks or poles provides extra stability and takes pressure off of often-overworked joints. In many cases, two sticks is better than one!
Walking With Walking Sticks
Our handcrafted, made-in-the-USA walking sticks are designed to be perfect companions for whatever your walking or hiking needs may be. At the most basic level, any of our sticks can simply be picked up, taken on a stroll, and used intuitively.
Now for a more in-depth look: Most of our sticks are designed to be gripped just below the leather strap, in an area we refer to as the “grip area.” The grip area should allow for a positive, stress-relieving angle as your arm, wrist, and hand interact with the stick. For convenience and ease, our walking sticks offer handy leather straps that come standard with each walking stick we make. The leather straps help relieve stress on your hand and help keep your hand on the grip area.
Actually sizing a walking stick is often a matter of personal choice, but we do offer recommendations: 41 inches for children and short adults; 48 inches for adults up to 5’4”; 55 inches for adults between 5’4” and 5’11”; and 58 inches for adults taller than 5’11”. Please note that those are only recommendations.
All of our walking sticks are single-length sticks. Single-length sticks are advantageous because there are no moving parts (so they’re not susceptible to mechanical failure), and there’s no need to adjust length once the stick is properly sized. For travelers we offer beautiful nylon cases (featuring our embroidered logo), and logo-free, handcrafted premium leather bags.
Ferrules and Tips
Our standard tip is a quality rubber ferrule that’s reinforced with a metal washer. For added benefits, choose from our three other tip options:
The Lee Valley Spike: This spike is our top-of-the-line model. It boasts a brass construction with a removable spike and rubber tip.
The Combination Spike: This spike is our most popular spike accessory. At $12 it’s affordable and highly functional. If you’re out trekking in the forest somewhere, just pull the rubber tip off and the spiked end will dig into the ground for secure hiking and positioning. Ready to go back onto pavement? Just slide the rubber tip back on and you’re ready to go!
The Spike Ferrule: This spike is for serious hikers! With a fine point spike, it’ll be your trusty companion through miles of rough terrain.
Conclusion
Using our walking sticks is really an intuitive endeavor. We strive to provide the highest quality handcrafted products, and we hope you’ll cherish your staff for years to come. With proper sizing and wood choice, your stick (or sticks) will offer a lifetime of enjoyable use.
Please feel free to email inquiries to info@brazossticks.com. Or call toll free 800-581-4352 with any questions.
