Cold Steel Walkabout

jggonzalez

jggonzalez

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Hi Everyone,

I just ordered a Cold Steel Walkabout in macacauba wood. Does anyone on the forum have one? Any idea of how tough they are?
 
I have a Hickory Walkabout, had it for years, wish I had more than one, and wish the ferrule stayed put so I didn't have to replace it with a crutch tip.
Did you order yours from Cold Steel? Didn't think they offered the Walkabout anymore.
 
Yes, I ordered it from Cold Steel. They said it wasn't in their catalog anymore, but they still have a few in stock. They currently have the hickory version on their website. I'm planning to replace the ferrule on mine with a rubber tip so I don't damage my floors.
 
I got the purple heart. They say the macacauba is about as tough. Which is, very. Pretty heavy, too, a real war club. I had gotten a hickory second a few years ago, which I gave to a neighbor when I got the purple heart. I like them.
 
Right after I bought the hickory one, I found it was cheaper to make mine own. Helps if you have a wood lathe in your workshop. The shape isn't that hard to turn, and you can easily find the wood stock make one.

Cold Steel also does a pretty poor job on the ferrule, so I replaced it with a SS walking/hiking stick end cap.

Made one out of Lignum Vitae for my father's friend, and that's was a difficult wood to work with. But it was way denser than most of the other tough hardwoods.
 
Tony-

Do you have a source for that replacemnet tip? My Walkabout's tip fell off about an hour out of the box.
 
Originally posted by tonyccw
Made one out of Lignum Vitae for my father's friend, and that's was a difficult wood to work with. But it was way denser than most of the other tough hardwoods.
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Hi Tony,

Where did you get the wood from? I've been looking for a source of suitable hardwoods, but haven't been able to find one. All I usually find are boards and blocks.
 
Originally posted by maury
Do you have a source for that replacemnet tip? My Walkabout's tip fell off about an hour out of the box.
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I got mine from here: http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com. It's listed under Projects, then Walking Stick supplies.

Originally posted by jggonzalez
Where did you get the wood from? I've been looking for a source of suitable hardwoods, but haven't been able to find one. All I usually find are boards and blocks.
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I've had good success with http://www.lumberlady.com, and http://www.gilmerwood.com. The lignum vitae I got off Ebay. There's a guy in upstate NY that gets some really good pieces every now and then. Trick is to hold out for the pieces around 36" long and thicker than 1.5". A trick I use is to search for spindle stock.
 
My walking stick just arrived and I really like it. I plan to replace the brass ferrule with a brass/rubber one to prevent damage to my floors, but other than that its great. It doesn't look like the one in the picture since its sort of a uniform reddish-brown like red oak, but it looks nice and it really dense and solid. I'd hate to get whacked with this thing.
 
Joe, I don't replace my ferrule, I just push a rubber cane tip over it. On some canes, I use a bit of glue, which means when the rubber wears out, I cut it off, but it keeps it from slipping off meanwhile no matter who I hit with it :D
 
Originally posted by Esav Benyamin
Joe, I don't replace my ferrule, I just push a rubber cane tip over it. On some canes, I use a bit of glue, which means when the rubber wears out, I cut it off, but it keeps it from slipping off meanwhile no matter who I hit with it :D
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Thanks for the tip. (No pun intended.) I'll have to try that.
 
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