Hazel Coppice Knobstick Country Walking Stick

The hard-wearing and collectable Hazel Coppice Knobstick Country Walking Stick is an extremely practical, rustic country walking stick. These are ideal as presents for birthdays, Christmas and even Father's Day. Incredibly stylish and durable, this cane is designed to help you up and down hills, through mud, nettles and brambles.

Ideal for the Countryside

In the British countryside, a rustic walking stick is an indispensable accessory, carried by people of all ages. With its modest design, comfortable handle and metal ferrule that provides a safe grip when you are making your way through mud, stinging nettles and brambles, the Hazel Coppice Knobstick is your perfect country walking stick.

The Knobstick

A traditional British walking stick, the knobstick is made from coppiced wood, usually ash, hazel or blackthorn. The original tree is cutback, and the resultant shoots form the raw material for walking sticks.

The ‘knob’ handle is formed from the parent tree, so that the walking stick is in effect grown upside down. A good knobstick fits comfortably into the palm of the hand.

A Brief History on Coppicing

These sticks are made using the centuries-old 'coppice-with-standard' forestry system to produce the raw material needed to make beautiful walking sticks. Beneath an upper canopy of maturing timber trees, smaller ash trees are grown to around 10cm (4") in diameter. They are then cut at a height of approximately 120cm (4").

Each plant produces new shoots, which are just above the nibbling height of the woodlands population of wild roe deer. Over three to four years, these shoots grow to the correct height and diameter to form raw material for walking sticks.

Often part of the original tree is cut with the stick; turned the other way up, this becomes the handle for a knobstick. Straight sections of wood become hiking poles and those with a natural 'V' in the wood become thumbsticks.

Sizing of the Hazel Coppice Knobstick Country Walking Stick

The overall height of the Hazel Coppice Knobstick Country Walking Stick is 92cm (36"). Due to the natural sourcing and manufacturing process, however, the length may vary slightly from product to product.

Specifications of the Hazel Coppice Knobstick

• Colour: Hazel
• Handle type: Knobstick
• Handle material: Polished hazel bark
• Product weight: 290g
• Shaft material: Hazel bark
• Shaft type: Fixed
• Ferrule: Metal