Mountain Man: The Art Of Making Custom Walking Canes - Long Version
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2013
- The objective of Mountain Man is to show the artwork that goes into creating and designing walking canes and sticks, using the ancient art form of woodcarving. This film will give a brief overview of the art by following a walking cane designer through his creation and development process.
Excellent information and wisdom given by a kind man. Just what I was looking for in my search for how to make a stick myself. Thank you!
Lynda I was just browsing through looking at videos and ran across this one. I love kind, talented people and Mountain Man certainly seems to be genuine as both. I pray he is well , as this was put out 3 years ago, but I know he is ok either way. God bless him and you for putting out this video.
I've been keeping a small Ash trunk for years because I thought it would make a fine walking staff. This video inspired me to start it. :-)
The Turtle feed just made my day this Easter....I just love that kind of kindness.
We have three tortoise one way over 100 years old we had him for forty years
What a cool old timer!! Reminds me of my grandpa!
God bless you mountain man! From one to another. I appreciate you sharing your talent with the world.after all that's what we are here to do.i hope you got your new scooter Sir.
He seems like such a cool guy and really talented I bet he's got a million stories to tell each one more interesting than the last
Nice eye and craftmanship sir. I love it that you still have the wood burning kit your mom and dad gave you. Wish I still had mine.
Thanks for sharing, I too make Cane's. It's always nice too see someone else's perspective on making and carving wood. I am 65, and have been a woodworker and artist for over 51 years. Something I enjoy very much. Keep up the good work. Take care. GF1 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍👍
I got you beat as I'm now have been making walking sticks for about sixty years, Nice to hear from another craftman
I'm sorry to say that there isn't a website to order from because Mountain Man hand crafts each walking stick by hand and each one is by custom design. Since posting this video Mountain Man's health hasn't been so good and he's almost went to be home with the Lord a few times. Please keep him in prayer. Thanks!
I hope mountain man is ok now!
I just saw this video for the first time. I see you posted about the decline in "Mountain Man's" health a year ago. Of course I am so sorry that he and the one's close to him were struggling, and of course however things turned out I only hope that you all are at peace, hoping he recovered from his sickness, or if his time was finished on this side of his journey I only hope that he is peaceful now with no suffering. He appeared to be the type of fella that everyone would benefit from knowing, I think I would have been honored if I could have known this wise gentleman, I know he could have taught me a lot, not only with his such beautiful walking sticks that I too so enjoy creating, but I am quite sure he could have taught me a lot more just about life with his unique, yet simple and comfortable wisdom of words and conversation. Thank You Mr. Mountain Man for allowing me the pleasure of a glimpse into your world , if only for a brief moment that made such a feeling of goodness in my heart, that feels like much more than a moment. I hope where ever you are at you are at peace , and know you have left a impression that is priceless, and to me it does not get any better than that.
Praying that he does not overdue it and when it is time for him to meet the Lord that his passing is easy.
Lynda, thank you for creating this video and making a permanent record of the wonderful heart of Mountain Man and his beautiful works of art and utility.
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I took a valuable lesson from this. "If you need a tool, Buy it don't borrow it." Hope all is well with the mountain man and if not hopefully he found some peace.
What a lovely gifted man.
Excellent video, what a personality to boot! I hope he has his scooter and his health is improved.
Excellent video. My youngest son crafted for me a beautiful staff as a gift. It has my name, a turquoise inlay, deerskin wraps, and a hawk's talon on the top. It started me collecting walking sticks. Sincerest best wishes Mountain Man. In prayer.
Thanks
hope mountain man is ok and ty for the videos
That my friend is an excellent video, I know it is an older video, and I have read your pinned comment, I hope he was able to sale enough to get his scooter he wanted prior to getting sick. Bless his heart I hope he is better. Thanks for sharing this bit if information and history with us. Great story.
Dale
Not better, but hanging there, still makin walk sticks and canes, have about half of a dozen going
Very nice video. Beautiful artwork.
What a Excellent video and fantastic sticks. Thank you 👏👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing... Inspiring...
God Bless Awesome Man!! 🙏🏼
Good story. Seems like a good man.
Mr Wayne thank you for sharing your beautiful craft. Yesterday someone while doing yard work for me cut down a beloved dogwood that my dear mother planted yrs ago. I've been so heartbroken over it. I wanna make a walking cane from it to remember her by. Your video has given me much hope. Thank you sir and much blessings to you. ❤
+That would be a nice remembrance, wish I could do it for you. remember you have to let it dry for at least a year any more advice just ask
I wish you could too. I'm sure it won't be as beautiful as your works of art. However I'm very thankful I came across your video. Thanks for the advice! I didn't know. See you already saved me from ruining it. 😃 Can you suggest what type of finish and sealant would work best for dog wood?
Watch oil is my favorit finish stick with 200 sand paper and apply the Watco oil with a clean rage let stand for 10 min's they wipe it down with a white rag every couple of hr.'s till no color is on the white cloth, let dry a couple of days and presto your cane is finish. if you want to varnish later use varathane ( not nessary)
Hey Mountain Man! May You Truly Be Blessed!
What a pleasant fellow.
God bless him.
Thank you for watching my e-tube
I enjoyed your video sir. I'm 72 years old and use two canes myself. I hope you were able to make and sell enough canes and walking sticks to buy your new scooter. Good luck sir, and keep up the good work on your canes.
Brilliant sticks!🇬🇧
You come from good stock. God bless.
beautiful sticks
Enjoyed the video!!! Super nice fella!!!
Exelent good job god bless you
I wish I could have a video chat, or to simply be right there where you're at and work side-by-side with you to learn everything that you are willing to teach me about making those types of wooden staff that beautiful. I live in Alaska and I am a staff maker at the age of 34 I just started with staffs and I have quite a bit of tools. I'm not great but I've made a couple very beautiful ones, right now I'm starting to try to learn how to carve and etch wood, but to learn how to make diamond willow be as beautiful as the ones in your thumbnail, I need more training please! Sensai!
Very nice!
And the turtle says hmm I'll p..p good tonight.
sell your stuff on Etsy mountain man ! Lovely products ! Deserve a worldwide audience and market !
An old glass door knob from Brooklyn, ny, love it.
I use what ever I can find such shifting knobs off old old car, but enjoy carve them the most, I like native art the best.
good stuff mountain man! sharing your video with my fellow shepherds making Alpenstock next week. any suggestions on grip materials?
I've got a twisted vine walking stick. It was rough when I got it. I cleaned it thoroughly and clear coated it with a rattle can. It sealed up nicely. I've got a crutch tip on the bottom and I'm waiting to receive my cue ball in the mail. I'm gonna dremel the cue ball until it fits over the top, then 2 part epoxy the cane into it. I think a cue ball will make a comfortable handle.
Hope it's an 8 ball, thank you for the info. I didn't know you could order just one ball, let me know how you did that
@@waynemathias5413 it's a white cue ball. Sorry to disappoint. It's off white like the rubber tip. All earth tones. I'm afraid an 8ball, as cool as they are, would look gaudy. I ordered it on Amazon.
@@waynemathias5413 search single or replacement billiard ball. Add whatever number you want.
@@boodro2122 Thank you, I had an ivory billiard ball. But don't know what happened to it????
@@waynemathias5413 same! My dad got it out of a bar the year I was born...I dont know what happened to mine either. They tend to grow legs...
Hey Wayne! It's the guy who came and serviced your house from pest control yesterday. It was awesome meeting you. Great video as well. Hope to come back and see the progress on the snake cane in a few months.
I also hope to see you and that will inspire me to get it done
Nice!
What a talented man.
Thank you, you made my day
@@waynemathias5413 you are the epitome of the Renaissance Man ! Very inspiring, I see you are leading the good life, something I aspire to. xo
Excelente tu trabajo. Que madera es?
Fantastic.
thank you the mountain man
God Bless u and urs👍
Very nice job's
How (if it can be done) would you make a stick in sections taking it apart to hold in the rucksack. Made my first , walking in the woods
With my pen knife great if I could make into sections ?
+athenasword1 Here is Wayne's email- mountainmanwayne1937@yahoo.com He will help you.
Vines are slightly bendy...how do I get it stiff?
Times sure have changed haven't they?
Hello, Is the Mountain Man still making walking canes? Did he get his scooter? Great video!!
HERMIE!!
Man....watta great video and nice works! How much for a cane + shipping to Quebec, Canada ? (i need one!!) thanks sir.
Frankipooh
Hello again 👍😎
“Mountain Man”….Thanks for the video. What did you call that foot operated clamp? 😊
Where do you get tips for the larger diameter walking sticks
Home
Depot or cut down end until you can fit a chair rubber. I don't guite know what size wlking stickyour referring to
@@waynemathias5413 that's cool you pointed me in the right direction. Thanks
My source has dried-up so I will be looking for a new supplier I haven't had much luck Google them and shipping is high
What was the name of the thing he sat on to shave off the bark? Did he say stencil bunk? I'm trying to make something similar and wanted to find some plans for one.
A Schnitzelbunk or Shaving Horse was a tool used for hundreds of years to help shape wood. The shaving horse is a simple foot-operated vice that allows you to hold a piece while having both hands free to work.
@@userLyndaDixon thank you! I've been wanting to build one. I've seen them in other videos but nobody mentions the name of it.
schnitzel bunk a German name for a carving bench, In my home town Of German decent we had a bar and they called it the Schnitzel bunk because the old people would set out I front of it carving
Praying for you..
It's working keep itu-p
What is the difference between a walking stick and cane ?
To most people, the words “walking cane” and “walking stick” mean the same thing. In some ways they are right. But, the truth is that there are a subtle differences between the two. Most of these differences are based on their functionality. Canes are designed primarily for support and are generally built to take on more body weight. However, walking sticks are mainly used for maintaining a good balance while walking or hiking.
Some people use these words to mean two different things. Some believe they mean the same thing. But, it is more important that you know there are different types of canes and sticks available on the market. You also need to know which is the right type for you, should you need one.
A walking or hiking cane is sued for trails and rough ground a cane is simple used for balance or to help you walk
I thought it would be nice to make a walking cane or some type of staff from a vine. Which has a nature curvature to it. Well, turns out i made a big mistake picking a vine that has hairs growing on it, turns out that it is some form of poison ivy.
After i got the vine to its wood status, after many hours came to pass i started feeling a bit itchy and started looking up poison vines, and sure enough it was Toxicodendron radicans. I hope my time wasn't all wasted on making a staff out of this vine. i'm thinking that the hairy roots are the poisonous portions and not the wood portion it self. So i'm hoping once its dyed and stained with linseed oil it be okay, That is if the wood it self isn't also poisonous.
I think my next step in learning bushcraft is too learn all types of plants. It all started with making rope from monkey grass. lol
Any update on this guy?
I'm still here thanks to the many prayers 10/1/2018
I've been looking a skilled cane maker for years. How do I contact this guy. Seriously.
Unfortunately, Wayne passed away a couple of years ago. Sorry.
This guy still around? ❤
No, Wayne passed through the pearly gates about 2 years ago. He sure is missed.
Did he ever get that scooter??? This guy's a boss
He says, no he didn't, but the good news is that he's still alive, and walking, and even makes it to church every Sunday. So he's a happy camper!
@@userLyndaDixon That's great to hear! God bless both of you!
no but I bought a newer one
I got a very nice used scooter, that I enjoy very much. I'm still making walking sticks and canes
I got a nice scooter which I like and it's very portable which helps the other two live is over on to junk yard
Well now isn’t that something!
こんなに機材がいるんじゃ真似出来ない,
Do you take orders?
Hi Michael! No, Wayne went home to be with the Lord in 2021.
جميل جدآ
Broken Sight (spelled "Broken Site") might be an attempt at showing contempt the first time a Native American encountered a website that had been destroyed by hackers!
How is the Mountain man doing ? Love the video.
He was doing pretty good the last time I saw him.
Getting old, but still making canes and scrimshawing
I'm still alive and making walking sticks and canes not bad for a 84 yr. old man.
Hello y'all
Is Mountain man okay?
I'm still alive and making canes and walking sticks, but 3 yrs older
Great Job, You only live once so the heck with the wife, go out and get that other scooter, lol...
I pray there was some1 to pass the art dwn to if not i pray u will find some1 to pass the passon too😘 lost passon is worthless, and theres so much to lose in the passon u have so like i say i pray u can pass it dwn so its not lost, God bless u all!
I personally have no one to pass it on, but still have friends doing them. God Bless You.
I don't think those are dogwood. I don't hear the Bark.
Great video. Well done my elder. My handle on Google and Amazon is Mountain man
DrDennis I have been making walking sticks for years and even sold them in my niece's boutique store on consignment. But I always looking for new tricks to the trade. Thank you for all the information.
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Could I buy a cane?
I do make custom cains but my health is so bad I have cut down on them thanks forwatching
My health is so bad that I make very few canes, most of I give to friends. thanks for the interest
I'm old and sick so I just make canes for fun and give them to my friends, You can ck with the Indian store some times they have canes for sale. It's in Vista
Their natives dude common now.
When he dies can i have the turtle???? :-)
I love my tortoise and would love to have someone to take care of him when I die but you will have to get in line. Hes over one hundred years old and I know he will out live me.
GROW UP
why
pox..