We don't get taught it, we don't explain it to each other. You just know a good stick, and the guy you shows knows its a good stick, and it brings you joy.
Honestly. There are women that get it but it's super rare. Cool sticks, no matter the age are just something we like. I used to own this almost perfectly straight stick with no branches. That, that was a nice stick.
My best stick was a perfectly sized "Devil's Walking Stick" I cut from a coppiced stump. Beautiful thorns up and down the thing with the handle being naturally bare.
When I was like 8 me and the boys found these 3 perfectly smooth metal rods that had a slight bend about 70% down the length. Basically had the skeleton shape of a rifle.
Needless to say we never let those things leave our sight until eventually the rust started to take them.
I said this in a similar Twitter thread about a year ago. Every boy who is old enough to walk and run knows what it means to find a "good stick." Its literally in our DNA.
What's even better is that every man just knows.
We don't get taught it, we don't explain it to each other. You just know a good stick, and the guy you shows knows its a good stick, and it brings you joy.
Honestly. There are women that get it but it's super rare. Cool sticks, no matter the age are just something we like. I used to own this almost perfectly straight stick with no branches. That, that was a nice stick.
My best stick was a perfectly sized "Devil's Walking Stick" I cut from a coppiced stump. Beautiful thorns up and down the thing with the handle being naturally bare.
When I was like 8 me and the boys found these 3 perfectly smooth metal rods that had a slight bend about 70% down the length. Basically had the skeleton shape of a rifle.
Needless to say we never let those things leave our sight until eventually the rust started to take them.
Zen and the Art of Stick Finding
I said this in a similar Twitter thread about a year ago. Every boy who is old enough to walk and run knows what it means to find a "good stick." Its literally in our DNA.