Walking stick carving is often one of the first carving projects a new woodcarver tries. This particular design - a snake wrapped around a Sassafras twistie stick - is a beginner’s level project, but I think that even the advanced carvers here may discover a few fun tricks and tips. We will work, step by step, through creating the round, establishing the snake, marking and cutting the twist, texture the snake and bark, adding a frog on the top of the stick, and how to add a real honeysuckle vine into the twist. The cane will be lightly coated with a finished with a linseed oil and turpentine mixture and then dry mounted to your walking staff.