WATERLOO, Iowa --- Call it a carving or sculpture, but it's hard to miss Dave Kaiser's fish. It more closely resembles a fossil than a woodcarving. The artist carved the head and tail from hard ...

Q: How can I sell a walking stick carved in the shape of a snake? It was made for my husband 30 years ago.

Hamblin has been using the same walking stick for 34 years. And he carved it himself. Yes, carved, as in knife blade on wood. Why would anyone want to use something as clunky as wood?

"Carved and Whittled Sculpture: American Folk Art Walking Sticks from the Hill Collection" is on display at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, through April 1.

STARTUP -- Walking sticks line two walls in Art King's eclectic workshop in Startup, a hamlet of 676 souls east of Monroe.

Walking sticks have been a necessary tool ever since shepherds began tending sheep and needed a way to protect against thieves and keep the animals in line.

Mike Schleuter wants to provide balance to Missouri. Schleuter, otherwise known as “Missouri Mike,” owns and operates Missouri Mike’s Walking Sticks and Canes. A semi-retired photographer ...

Walt Sinclair, a member of the carving club and father of Maj. John Sinclair, the 3rd BCT Signal Officer, personally delivered the walking sticks to Fort Hood.

Bush chose to give the Pope a hand-carved walking stick from Dallas resident Roosevelt Wilkerson, a ninth-grade dropout who was homeless until a few years ago.