Philip A.
36 Cl.
Is there a technical reason why wooden ramrods are shaved from split timber, and not whittled from thin sticks, other than the fact that there might not be any suitable species of tree for that in North America?
Around here there are a couple of trees that are used for fighting sticks, herdsmen sticks, and spear shafts. They give very dense, straight, strong but flexible sticks. I have never seen one broken in daily use, even when used as throw stick or fighting stick, and I'm thinking to look for sticks of suitable size to try out.
We do have ebony and numerous hard (very, very hard...) woods that I'll check too for traditional shaved rods.
Around here there are a couple of trees that are used for fighting sticks, herdsmen sticks, and spear shafts. They give very dense, straight, strong but flexible sticks. I have never seen one broken in daily use, even when used as throw stick or fighting stick, and I'm thinking to look for sticks of suitable size to try out.
We do have ebony and numerous hard (very, very hard...) woods that I'll check too for traditional shaved rods.
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