Well, I’ve finished my hiking stick. 52 inches (little over 4 feet) long, 1.15 inches in diameter, and made from Brazilian bulletwood (Manilkara bidentata). I know most hiking sticks run around 5 to 6 feet long, but this is the best I could do with the plank I had. Used several coats of tung oil to seal it. I’m gonna drill a hole and add threads in both ends, one for a carbide tip, the other for a hook that’ll be used for fishing, and hanging from a clothes rack in the closet. I am thinking of having a spear head made so I can screw it into one end for hog hunting.