Carving a cane need advice

[nast t]

I carving my own walking stick or cane. Whats a good oil to preserve wood and avoid cracking.

[Calum]

It's a different application, but I would think that the results would be similar.

My wife has one of those carved tree limb bears that lives outside. I don't know what wood it is, but she was told to douse it with linseed oil several times a year to protect the wood and keep it from drying/splitting. I would wipe it down spring and fall, and no splitting occured for the first several years - it only occurred after I forgot...

Calum

[Ross L. Lamoreaux]

Yep, boiled linseed oil

[Frederick14Va]

Another common old timers recipe is for the first application on bare wood is to use a mix of boiled linseed oil and turpentine... this tends to absorb deeper into the wood fibers.. after thats good and dry apply just boiled linseed oil thereafter.... apply a good coat.... allow it to soak in a couple hours or better overnight... wipe off any surface excess... allow to dry a couple days...

[nast t]

Thanks Gents for the excellent info and response, I shall try it. I will also post pics of cane when its finished.

[nast t]

Here he is, some say he looks like George Meade old gogled eye turtle.

[Calum]

Very nice!

Calum