Espley Walking Sticks handcrafted in north Wales, United Kingdom
My interest in walking sticks began over thirty years ago when I wanted a thumbstick and all I could find at local shows were poor quality and overpriced factory-made specimens, so I decided to make my own and purchased a book on the craft of stick dressing.
One after another I turned out sticks from hazelwood, making simple knobsticks and thumbsticks, but the pictures in my book were of splendid horn handled crooks and stick handles with carved animal heads and I was determined to learn the skills necessary to create such works of art.
I specialise in Welsh mountain rams horn handled sticks, particularly plain market sticks and shepherds crooks but also decorated handles with animal carvings.
My walking sticks are finished to the highest standard, made in the traditional way, well balanced and proportioned with a nice comfortable hand, all intended for daily use.
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Summer 2020
Here we are in 2020 and in the middle of the COVID lockdown as I write. I am fortunate that I can carry on working in my workshop and continue to sell walking sticks. Quality rams horn Rams horn of the quality necessary to make horn handles from is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Partly …
Autumn 2018
I’m pleased to say that stick making is now my full-time occupation. As you can see there is a much broader selection of sticks available to purchase. I can now offer more black buffalo horn sticks, crooks, walkers and thumbsticks as this material is in plentiful supply, unlike rams horn which is still difficult to …
Autumn / winter 2017
I think I have made upwards of 100 walking sticks of all types so far this year, as always the shepherds crooks in rams horn are the most popular. This is a hectic time of the year trying to get all the Christmas orders out. A lot of orders coming in requiring engraved collars fitted and making 20 …
