Barren River Reservoir

It,s All About Mother Natures Magic All of my walking sticks are from Barren County Kentucky, a rural county in South central Ky. Our most popular walking stick is our twisted stick, see button left side of page found in overgrown thickets and fence rows. As vines try to overgrow saplings they sometimes get tight enough to be overgrown by the sapling as it starts to mature creating a unique freak of nature. A person can spend days searching the thickets and hollows before finding such a prize. Once found I hand work and cover with 5 coats of polyurethane. Beautiful,Functional, a true show piece. No 2 sticks are the same About the Artist Mike was born in Troy N.Y. but moved to Tampa Bay Florida in 1965 where he fell in love with the outdoors.  He graduated from the University of South Fl in 1980, was married in 1982, and has a daughter in college. He moved his family to Barren Co. Kentucky in 2000.   Mike’s interest in nature photography took him into the deep hollows of Kentucky, where he discovered the unique twisted sticks he seeks-out every Winter. His harvest is limited since the unique sticks are relatively rare and sometimes difficult to extract from the honey suckle and briar thickets. A well-earned trophy!   All his walking sticks and canes are hand-worked, using only a knife, assorted files, and sand paper. A beautiful walking stick from the heart of Blue Grass Country!