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			<title>THIS FORUM HAS MOVED!</title>
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			<dc:creator>thestickman</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[THIS ENTIRE FORUM HAS MOVED - PLEASE GO TO <a href="http://www.thestickman.co.uk/forum" target="_blank">http://www.thestickman.co.uk/forum</a>]]></description>
			<category>THIS FORUM HAS MOVED! READ THIS NOW!</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 21:51:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>wimbledon common</title>
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			<dc:creator>russhanson</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello I would like to cut and make my first stick, would anyone be able to tell me what type of wood  I could find on wimbledon common? Also it appears from readin forum that I should only cut sticks in the winter time is this correct? I have a lot to learn, infact I know nothing of stick making, but finding a stick is my first problem. Will I have to wait a longtime for it to season?
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			<category>General stickmaking chat</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 20:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Materials from The Stick Man</title>
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			<dc:creator>thestickman</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[You can get just about all the materials you need at <a href="http://www.thestickman.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.thestickman.co.uk</a>
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Shanks, horns, carving blanks, ferrules, collars, epoxy etc. etc.
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			<category>Sourcing materials</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:10:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>joining handle to shank</title>
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			<dc:creator>STICK-AT-IT</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Derek STICK-AT-IT
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                           Been stick making for one year can anyone tell me the best way  to join handle to shank without filing 38/46 inch shank down to 1 inch thanks Derek]]></description>
			<category>Joining heads/handles to shanks</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 19:24:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Helloooo stick people</title>
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			<dc:creator>russhanson</dc:creator>
			<description>Hello I'm Russ, Living in the wimbldon area, I would like to make my first walking stick from scratch. If anyone knows what sort of wood I could use and find on wimbledon common please let me know.</description>
			<category>Please introduce yourself to the forum</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 19:59:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Power or handCarving</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bodger</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Do any of you use the small hand held power grinder.....I like to think I am from the old school and use carving chisels/knives, but am tempted to buy a set of grinders to cut away the hard wood/work.......any thoughts?.
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Thanks in advance.             Roger.]]></description>
			<category>Carving methods</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:02:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Wood Types</title>
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			<dc:creator>Jeffrey Pitts</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Marvin,
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Just got back from turkey hunting.  Didn't hear a bird but did come across some nice Beech tree shafts down in a low wet area. I cut a few straight ones and 4 nice twisties.  Have you ever used Beech and if so does it make for a strong shaft?
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			<category>Wood types and uses</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:43:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Meet people in your area</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[If you want to meet up with other stickmakers in your own area, post a message with the name of the place or area where you live and say how far you are willing to travel to meet up. DO NOT give out any home addresses, phone numbers or email addresses in posts to the forum - once you have a response you can send private messages to arrange the meeting!
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			<category>Meet other stickmakers</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Steamed up glasses</title>
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			<dc:creator>viktur melldruw</dc:creator>
			<description>Hi Everybody



Viktur here.



I wonder how many of the forum members use a face mask filter. You know the cheap pressed paper type with a soft metal clip across the nose. I use one all the time when carving and using the foredom. However I have one major problem with these masks, my glasses steam up, and you will know there is nothing more annoying than having to stop work to remedy a problem which must be avoidable. 

I have tried various methods of using these masks. I have padded the  ...</description>
			<category>General stickmaking chat</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:28:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Cutting your own handle blanks</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
			<description>Hi all, id like to start cutting my own blanks from blocks of timber. I have tryed several times without much succes they end up taking a long time to work to shape.

One thing I soon relised is it's probably best to buy blocks of timber at the desired thickness of the handle that I require. I was using off cut blocks of sapele I scrounged from a local timber merchant, it's worth a try by the way.

 I have an axminster bandsaw model SBW3501B which I find does most jobs I require it to, but  ...</description>
			<category>Power tools</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Selby Game fair</title>
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			<dc:creator>hullstickmaker</dc:creator>
			<description>Morning folks was anyone at the Selby game fair? If you was do you remember what stick making society was there as i would like to contact them</description>
			<category>General stickmaking chat</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:23:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>selling sticks for money</title>
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			<dc:creator>viktur melldruw</dc:creator>
			<description>Hi Guys



Viktur here. 

I think every stick maker should try and sell his or her sticks at some time. Selling your first stick is a real buzz, selling your second stick is even better, and when you continue being able to sell them you know you must be doing something right.

Just have a look on the internet. There are a lot of stick makers/dressers out there with web sites, and its not difficult to do.

If you have Orange as a web provider they used to provide you with your own web space  ...</description>
			<category>Selling sticks and making money!</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:06:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Acid etching</title>
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			<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
			<description>I have an interest in old canes and have been reading several books on collecting and manufacturing of such.  In 'CANES THROUGH THE AGES' by Francis H. Monek   I note reference to acid etching of ebony to give an interesting design to shafts, and would be greatful if anyone in the forum has any knowledge of the process.  I'm interested in the acid used and timing of exposure etc.  My concern is the fact that the wood has a grain and that any acid would be difficult to control in it's effect on  ...</description>
			<category>General stickmaking chat</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:52:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Between the Covers</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bodger</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[What are you reading?.I have just started 'The Tin Roof Blowdown' by James Lee Burke &quot;The definitve crime novel about Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of New Orleans....Burke delivers his dispatches in torrents of sorrow and rage&quot;
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I am a big fan of Crime writers such as Ken Bruen &amp;  Andrew Vachss.]]></description>
			<category>General chat but NOT stickmaking</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:14:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Time to stop cutting sticks?</title>
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			<dc:creator>thestickman</dc:creator>
			<description>It's generally agreed that in the UK we only cut sticks in the winter - I've even seen it written that we can ONLY cut sticks in December, January and February! Quite what will happen to us or the sticks if we cut outside these months is never actually stated.

I normally cut a few in October and finish in early April, with the bulk cut in February and March. Mine are mostly cut in woods managed for gamebirds and the shooting season finishes on February 1st so I can cut more freely after that.

Countries  ...</description>
			<category>General stickmaking chat</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:59:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New kid on the block</title>
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			<dc:creator>greystud</dc:creator>
			<description>Hi. from down under.

                                Ex Yorkshire man, now into 30th year down here, started stick making about 12 yrs ago as a hoby but seems to take up most of my time now Im retired, quote from the wife :keeps me out of trouble; little do's she know. even made a stick widdow of my sister, still not forgiven.  Some very good timbers down here with Olive being the most popular, but rams horn's a problem, could do with a few swaledale sheep etc as Marino is not all that great.  ...</description>
			<category>Please introduce yourself to the forum</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:12:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hi, I'm Virgil</title>
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			<dc:creator>virgil</dc:creator>
			<description>Thanks for the invite Keith. I hope I will have something to offer this forum. I live on the central Oregon USA coast. Take care all, Virgil</description>
			<category>Please introduce yourself to the forum</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:06:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Introducing Denny Bell</title>
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			<dc:creator>Denny Bell</dc:creator>
			<description>I am a Woodcarver from Southeast Wisconsin, USA and started carving sticks as Memorial Canes for Veterans.  I found the work very enjoyable and have made a number of different tops for canes &amp; hiking sticks.  I haven't done any decorative work on the shaft of the canes except for the Memorial pieces.  I use turned shafts, Diamond Willow and a variety of sticks I have cut off the local trees.  i enjoy listening to the banter of the stickmakers and learning from those of you who have the experience's  ...</description>
			<category>Please introduce yourself to the forum</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:05:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Rams horn availability</title>
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			<dc:creator>thestickman</dc:creator>
			<description>I'm often asked where I get my ramshorn. Some of it comes from abattoirs - I know a couple of people who work in them and look out for horns for me. It's difficult for THEM to obtain them though, because of the hygiene regulations in force and which are often misunderstood by the abattoir staff. There ARE legal ways of getting them but the rules make it difficult!

I also occasionally get horns directly from farmers. Sometimes they cut them off rams if the horns have become too big and are growing  ...</description>
			<category>Horn, antler and bone used</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:09:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Photo capability</title>
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			<dc:creator>Pellcity2003</dc:creator>
			<description>Keith, Will we have the capability of posting photos of sticks on this website?</description>
			<category>General stickmaking chat</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:22:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stick press</title>
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			<dc:creator>John Simpson</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I went to Keith's class primarily to learn how to join handles onto shanks better. I thought i could straighten shanks quite well until we used his &quot;stick press&quot;. This is far better than using the two half-round blocks screwed to a board that i had been using. I thought that was brilliant until the press was used!
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			<category>Straightening sticks</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:09:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>One way to strip shafts</title>
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			<dc:creator>Paul Gretton</dc:creator>
			<description>In the British stickmaking tradition, shafts are not stripped of their bark. I try to adhere to that principle but I make an exception with ash, which I consider pretty boring to look at. I therefore strip off the bark. I can then get an attractive finish with my favourite stain, potassium permanganate.



I’ve experimented with various stripping methods. Recently I “accidentally” came across another method that worked very well indeed. I was taking a break from weeding the garden and idly  ...</description>
			<category>Wood types and uses</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hello I am Derek STICK-AT-IT</title>
			<link>http://stickmakers.freeforum.me.uk/please-introduce-yourself-to-the-forum-f6/hello-i-am-derek-stick-at-it-t17.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>STICK-AT-IT</dc:creator>
			<description>Hello my name is Derek stick maker from Leeds this is a fantastic idea Keith well done,i have been stickmaking  for one year i am adicted to it i have had a lot of help from my wife insetting my workshop up , also Jack Herron, Bill Lowe,Gordon Flintofft, Jeff Chapman, Eddie Gair border stick dressers Kenneth Platts and Allan Bateman a big thank you to all. I am making sticks for my first show  at the moment 37 so far more ups and downs than a see saw in a school play ground but im getting there  ...</description>
			<category>Please introduce yourself to the forum</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:29:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hello, I'm Alex</title>
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			<dc:creator>anfbrown</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi. I'm Alex Brown from Chesham. I got interested in Stickmaking when I bought a stick from Keith for my Dad. Last year I did Kieth's one day course, and had some fun. So I've made a few sticks - some good, some not so good. At the moment I'm trying out different native woods that I can find, and methods for cutting out blanks.
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Hope to learn more, and hopefully pass on things I learn.
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			<category>Please introduce yourself to the forum</category>
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			<title>Hi - I'm The Stick Man</title>
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			<description>I'm Keith Pickering, aged 49, from North Yorkshire, England. I started making sticks over 20 years ago and have been a full time professional stickmaker since 1999. I sell most of my sticks and stickmaking materials through my website at http://www.thestickman.co.uk 

please visit the website if you have not already done so - I make my living from the site and can only keep running this forum for you if people buy from me.



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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:22:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Introduction</title>
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			<dc:creator>Pellcity2003</dc:creator>
			<description>Hello my name is Marvin Little. I live in Pell City, Alabama. I am 70 years old and retired. I have been making sticks for about 10 years as a hobby. I use a wide variety of woods but prefer hickory, sassafras and cedar. I especially liker twistie root cane blanks.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:05:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hello from Paul Gretton</title>
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			<dc:creator>Paul Gretton</dc:creator>
			<description>Hello,

I'm originally from the north of England, but I've spent the past 40 years working abroad, since 1980 in the far south of the Netherlands. I make the odd stick now and again “for the fun of it&quot;. It's satisfying to occasionally make something with my hands rather than just with my head! (I'm a translator by profession.) My sticks are mostly long ones (often thumbsticks) for use while fellwalking (that's the British term for what Americans would call &quot;rough country hiking&quot;.)



There  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:35:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New member</title>
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			<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
			<description>Greetings to all.  My name is Charlie Seelye, I reside in Reno Nevada USA.  I've worked with wood since I was 5 years old so that means I've been making sawdust or chips for nearly 56 years.  I'm now retired from the mundane postal worker job that I held for 32 years.  Have been building furniture and repairing same on the side for over 30years.  Recent interest in canes started when I was asked to repair two antique canes.  Started reading up on the making and collecting of old and new sticks  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:13:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hi everyone im Ben</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
			<description>Hi my name is Ben Bloomfield im 29 and from Herts. I got in to wood work after studying a 2 year guitar making course at Merton college in surry during that time I also got into stick making through doing one of Keiths class's.

I would one day like to make sticks full time or for it to be a part of my main income, amongst other wood work. I have a small fitted out workshop but in time I would like to find some premises with better facilties when and if money allows.



 Im a self employed  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:35:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hi Im Viktur.</title>
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			<dc:creator>viktur melldruw</dc:creator>
			<description>Hi I am Viktur

 by viktur melldruw Yesterday at 9:47 pm



Hi Guys



I am Viktur. 



Like stickmaking, but not very good at it. Had a few accidents with sticks and the like but keep trying to improve. 

Once tried to steam a chestnut shank in the form of a crook, it was going alright until it flew out of the bending former and hit a passing pedestrian on the back of the head. I had to pull the garage door shut pretty quick that day.

The man I hit returned the stick the following  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:48:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hi I'm Mal</title>
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			<dc:creator>hullstickmaker</dc:creator>
			<description>Been making sticks on and of for 15 years now sold mostly to the shooting frateraty.Also do scroll saw intarsia, wich is scroll sawing patterns out of different varieties of wood shaping them and making 3D pictures out of them.I'm also into sporting dogs I am training a border terrier pup at the moment great fun.You would'nt believe it Kieth but I have been looking for a stick makers forum only today, thanks Kieth.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Wood types for sticks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I tend to use mostly hazel - which grows in abundance in the woods near my home - and also smaller quantities of ash, sycamore, birch, blackthorn, rowan, holly, elder and a few others. I also use bought-in Spanish chestnut which doesn't really grow round here - though there are places in southern England where it does grow well.
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			<title>Introduction</title>
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			<dc:creator>Jeffrey Pitts</dc:creator>
			<description>Hi. Jeffrey from Virginia.  Thanks for the invite Keith.  To date I haven't sold any sticks.  Still giving to family and friends as gifts.  I work with twisted sticks mostly.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:22:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hi - John Ellison</title>
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			<dc:creator>John Ellison</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Monroe Michigan USA - hobby mostly, sell a few making all types of sticks. 
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hello from Bill</title>
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			<dc:creator>Wood Artist</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm a professional stickmaker and started out by doing pyrography and evolved to stick making from there. You can see my stick work at <a href="http://www.westernwoodartist.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.westernwoodartist.com" target="_blank">www.westernwoodartist.com</a></a> and my other wood art at: <a href="http://www.southwestwoodcrafts.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.southwestwoodcrafts.com" target="_blank">www.southwestwoodcrafts.com</a></a>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:09:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hi Lesley checking in</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi there
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I'm Lesley, retired and living in Bedfordshire (at the moment).
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I'm firstly a pyrographer, but also a carver.   I decorated a stick with pyrography a couple of years ago and thought I'd like to have a go at stickmaking.   I've bought several blanks but still haven't done anything with them - I will eventually.
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:21:55 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Private messages</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you want to send a message to a member in private - so no one else can read it - then click on the member's NAME at the right of a message and you will go to another page with that person's details. They may have entered more information about themselves but you will always find &quot;CONTACT DETAILS&quot; and a link to &quot;Send private message&quot;. Clicl on this and you are taken to an email form that will only go to that person when you send the message.
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			<category>How do I send private messages?</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:39:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hi I'm John</title>
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			<dc:creator>John Simpson</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi, I'm john and I met Keith at one of his stick classes a year or two ago. I got the stickmaking bug and have been making them on and off since then.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:12:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>How do I post messages?</title>
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			<description>USING THIS FORUM 

Please read the rules and read any other &quot;READ THIS&quot; posts before you ask a question.You must first register to become a member - only members can post messages. Our messages are divided into different topics so please post messages relevant to that topic. If you can't find a topic you want to discuss then use the &quot;General Stickmaking Subject&quot; and use that. If you think there is a need for a new topic discussion area then suggest it to Admin and we will  ...</description>
			<category>How do I post messages?</category>
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			<title>How do I register?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Easy - click on &quot;Register&quot; at the top left of the home page. Read the Terms of use and click on the box at the bottom to agree to abide by these rules. Follow the online instructions from there and you should become a registered member of the forum.
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			<category>How do I register to join?</category>
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