The ULTIMATE Arrowhead Hunting and Hiking/Treking Stick

[bar2kl]

Hello Folks... I'm a 'newbie' to Arrowheadology.com, but I've been around for awhile, and Lewis can vouch for me as being a member in good standing on Prosbb...

What I'd like to do today is introduce all of you to, what I believe to be, the Ultimate in arrowhead hunting and hiking/trekking sticks. First, tho, a little history...

Back in the mid-80's, I gave my brother, Dave, an antique Swiss Ice climbing ax as an arrowhead hunting stick - nice and light, slender and versatile for walking, poking and scratching the ground, and light digging... He loved it and it became his primary hunting and exploring tool... About 3 years later, during an arrowhead hunting expedition to Wyoming, he stopped to wash the mud off my Jeep, his boots and his favorite stick at a local car wash... He then drove off, inadvertantly leaving the stick and his boots at the car wash... Soon after, he discovered the oversight and rushed back... Unfortunately, only the boots remained... He was so upset at the loss that, when he returned to Colorado, he appropriated a welder, a grinder and some steel parts, and built himself a new one, which he has carried for about 20 years now... (and I have coveted one for 20 years now...) Just recently, Dave decided to make some more and see how they would sell to others with the same interests as he and I (and yourselves)... I managed to snag the first one 'off the line' and love it... Naturally, I thought a number of you folks might feel the same, so I offered to post them here, for your consideration... So here it is:

Dave calls it the 'Colorado Hiking Pick'... Each stick is handmade, from scratch, in good ol' Colorado, USA... Each head and tip are hand forged, welded and heat treated, then 'hot-blued', like a rifle, using Plum-Brown - then fitted and anchored to a lightly stained and oil treated hardwood stick... He makes them in two stick diameter sizes - 1" and 3/4"... The 1" usually weighs up to 3# and is 36" to 40" in overall length... The head is 7" to 8" long and the tip is 3-1/2" to 4" long... The 3/4" model is similar in overall length and tip length, but weighs only 2# and the head is 6" to 7" long... Custom sizes (overall length) are available upon request... Both models are currently available, but in limited quantities because every stick is handmade... The 1" std model sells for $99.95 + S&H and the 3/4" std model sells for $89.95 + S&H... A bargain, considering the quality of craftsmanship and the amount of labor that goes into each and every stick...

Like I said earlier, I snagged the first one he produced - I love it and will likely never need another field stick... I, like most of you, have tried many types, but this one is in a class by itself...For the price of a good, small arrowhead, I now have a lifetime 'companion'... Take a look for yourselves... Enjoy

If you wish to order one, contact Dave at 719-429-6256...

[Mud Hawk]

Fine craftsmanship and probably good for self defense too! Welcome bar2kl.

[drdave514]

I'll walk a field after a deep plowing and while a stick is needed I probably wouldn't carry one with a horizontal point like that on it unless it was above head height. My eyeball is no match for that point.

[bar2kl]

Thanks, Mud Hawk...Glad to be here. Yes, it certainly can be used as a weapon... Feels pretty good to have along when in a particularly 'piggy' or 'snakey (sp?)' area... and thanks for the compliment... I'll pass it along to him (I don't think he has joined yet - been too busy making sticks)

Drdave - I hear you and respect your opinion - Murphy's Law is always out there to pounce on the unwary - Actually, Dave can make one like that for you, if you wish... He's making one now for a well known Colorado guy that's shoulder-high...

[Steve Valentine]

While that is a great looking stick, I'll stick (no pun intended) with my good ole reliable broom handle with a 4 inch black wood screw in it that didn't cost me a dime. lol

[Fluff effect]

Welcome Bar2k! Thats a fancy stick

[bar2kl]

Thanks, Fluff Effect - glad to be here... Yeah, it is pretty fancy, but it's also a very useful tool to have along - it's a digger, scratcher, scraper, flint-flipper, a seat(of sorts), a climbing aid, a stabalizer on hard clay or ice, and a potent weapon at need... pretty versatile, actually...

Hi Steve - I've also gone through an array of 'sticks' since I started hunting, looking for that 'right' one - From hand-dones to purchased items, all realatively low cost - before these became available, my favorite was 4' livestock training stick equipped with a hock-hook ( $10 ) - This new one, however, is a breed apart, head-and-shoulders above anything else I have ever used... and it is the most I've ever spent on a stick to hunt arrowheads or hike with - but, in my book, it's well worth it...

Just for grins, here's a pic of some of my 'other' hunting sticks along with the new guy...

[latrans]

I want one. Tell Dave that I'll be in touch.

[mootsman]

Nice but, man, would I hate to slip in the river and fall on that thing!

[bar2kl]

latrans - I sure will- Thank You

Mootsman - Man, I can't bagin to tell you how much more stable I feel on slippery clay using one of these... That tip digs in nicely and you become a virtual tri-pod...HAHAHAHA... scuze me, the mental picture was too much.... :^)