Grab handle

[pop-pop]

Entry to my workshop is up two steps and I decided that a grab handle would make entry/exit a bit safer for me. Used the tall vise handle pattern and a walnut scrap. Placement was easy, I put it atop the smudges on the jamb.

 

[tvrgeek]

Yea, happens to all of us. Clad you are astute enough to do it before a stumble.

 

[pop-pop]

Yea, happens to all of us. Clad you are astute enough to do it before a stumble.

I walk with a stick now because of debris on the greenway trails.

 

[bob vaughan]

Wise move. Handles and handrails get more and more interesting as time goes on.

About six years ago I decided to put some short handrails on the wall going into our kitchen door stoop. Over the last three years, those things have evolved from convenient to essential.

 

[tvrgeek]

Your stick reminded me of a story about my Grandfather. Calvary Coronel. He carried around an old riding crop to fend off any "hoodlums'". Well, one day some punk tried to mug him. He beat the crap out of the kid with that crop!

I put grab rails in my shower when I re-did it. Super good move. I need to change the "steady rail "going to my shop loft to a regular grab handrail.

That is a nice looking stick BTW.

 

[pop-pop]

I walk with a stick now because of debris on the greenway trails.
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Started with a branch scrounged from a fallen beech on the trail. Removed bark with a drawknife and final shaping with a spokeshave. Crutch tip and a cut down pair of bicycle grips. Grips were adjusted up and down until it felt right.