Please take time to read about the process.
Photos illustrate examples of custom staves previously made for other customers. None of those staffs can be reproduced, as every custom staff is unique and customised for the individual and every blank piece of wood is different. Your custom staff will be your own personal design, the shape of the wood will be unique, just as the staff will be unique. I cannot reproduce any of these examples. Every staff is a new and unique work of art, just for you. I cannot duplicate these staves, as they are custom pieces that are personal to the customer who designed them.

Please read through the description of the process to facilitate our working together on the design.

SOME OF THE JEWELRY, ANTLERS, TAILS and ORNAMENTS IN THE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED BY THE CUSTOMER FOR THAT SPECIFIC STAFF.* These are shown to illustrate how i can work with items that are sent to me to personalise the staff. This is a good way to make your staff your own.

I am offering custom made walking staff


Please allow six weeks for me to get everything completed.

Each staff is planned with the customer:
1.) the selection of the actual wooden staff
2.) the height/length of it
3.) where the grip is to be placed
4.) colours of leather to be included
5.) theme and type of ornaments
6.) Any ornaments you wish to send me for inclusion that you send to me

Allow six weeks for planning, stripping the bark, curing the lemon oil, applying the decorations and preparing all the jewelry attached to the staff for shipping.

Staves are cut from our local trees, my favorite are the cedar limbs, aged, stripped of bark, and finished with lemon oil. Many have very interesting tracks from insects under the bark before the bark is removed which makes for a more interesting staff. The cedar retains strength after the bark beetles have made their magic. I can select the best one for you or we can discuss, through images, what is available. Photos are always provided before final selection is made.

Grips are soft leather in your choice of color. Black, white, green, blue, red, rust, moss, and purple leather are currently on hand. Ask and I will see if others have come into the shop since the writing of this listing. Please feel free to send scraps of fabric or leather for me to incorporate into your custom staff. Colours NOT on hand will cost a bit more to special order, and may add to the time it takes to deliver. If you require special order items you may order them shipped to me or I can bill you for them separately.

Decorations may be anything you can dream up or provide. I have bells, beads, buttons, bones, random hardware, found objects, old jewelry, lanyard, lace, trims, feathers from our flock of many colored chickens and our guineas who donate to the collection as they pass through our yard. I have made leather decors, attached the patron's own jewelry, concocted ways to contain sea shells in a jar, added leather strips and chain. As the work progresses i can send images of the various ways i decorate and you may make your suggestions, a process that usually results in a staff very close to what you envisioned. If you can imagine it, I can realize your idea. SENDING ME A PACKAGE of YOUR desired attachables at the beginning of the project is encouraged but certainly not required.

Staves will be as tall as 5 ft. 11 in. long, possibly a little longer, but if the staff is too long or the packing too wide the shipping becomes too costly. They vary in thickness and straightness, but most can be shipped at a reasonable price if the length is under six feet. Excessively wide or bulky staff will require additional postage. (Six ft staffs and taller staves require a good deal more postage)

Each staff will have a leather grip at a comfortable height for you. PLEASE TELL ME HOW TALL YOU ARE IN YOUR NOTES WITH YOUR ORDER, bend your elbow and measure to the ground - approximately waist high or shoulder height. Take your broom, grab it a comfortable height, and measure from your hand to the floor. The decorations radiate from the grip. Please specify your height IN INCHES in order that i may put your grip at a reasonable height for you.

Please specify WIZARD or FAIRIE (or special title). I like to begin with at least a dozen strings of beads, bones, and found items ( to your taste) to give the right 'feel'. Custom bead, bone, leather, ceramic or feather dangles can also be ordered separately and may be added any time. These strings of ornaments can be longer or shorter. The basic set is usually integrated into the leather from which the grip is constructed, and are permanently applied. Leather strips and chain wrapped around the upper portion of the staff provide a way to add decorations as you go.

Dream catchers are special order items from a local artist and cost an additional $10.00.
More than five leather leaves will cost $5 each. If you want leather leaves, you may specify up to five at no additional cost.
Custom Ceramic decorations can be ordered, will take two weeks to produce, and cost $5 each. (for example: The tiny goddess figurines when available) also I have developed some rune disks in muted green.

I am always ready to discuss your design and particulars.

*SOME OF THE JEWELRY ORNAMENTS IN THE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED BY THE CUSTOMER FOR THAT SPECIFIC STAFF* Skulls not provided. Claws not provided. Tails not provided. Antlers not provided. - those were sent by the customers, as were several of the larger crystals.

Due to excessive shipping costs, Price will increase as the USPS increases their cost.