Tim Anson has been creating walking sticks since he was a child, having started after his father gave him a penknife on his eighth birthday.
abc.net.au/news/wood-whittling-hobby-becomes-passion-for-making-walking-sticks/102015396When country craftsperson Tim Anson was given his first penknife on his eighth birthday by his father, little did he know it would spark a lifelong passion.Now 61 years old, Mr Anson has been whittling walking sticks since he was a child, following in his father's footsteps.
Mr Anson, from the New South Wales Southern Highlands, said he harvested apple tree sticks every "July when the sap of the tree was down".After storing them in his woodshed for 12 months, the split and cracked branches are turned into kindling while the others are turned into walking sticks.
Fay Crozier volunteers at the Vinnies Oak Flats op-shop where she has seen hundreds of walking sticks come and go."We are getting an older population now and there's a need for walking sticks," she said.
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