Hazel woodspirit

So I thought I would put up a few of my old attempts of stick making.  This one is a hazel wood spirit hiking staff.

Here I have started to rough out the face.

The next step was to smooth things up a  little.

Now I started to add the hair

I decided to add a bit of checkering just below the beard.

This is a very basic wood spirit carved with a Stanley knife and a Mora clipper.  I gave it a finishing coat of exterior varnish.  Due to its rather larger than average thickness I haven't yet been able to find an adequate ferrule.