Help with wand

[CharlotteK]

I made a wand from a stick. It was a beautiful straight stick that I picked up in a mixed woodland area at nightime.

Here are some pictures - it has been carved, sanded and oiled. I would love to be sure what the wood is. I suspect alder? Can anyone verify?

[BreathingSince72]

Do you have any samples of the original wood. Also you mentioned it was nighttime but do you now if the tree was deciduous?

[CharlotteK]

No this is all I have. And yes, the wood it was collected in was deciduous. It was quite a hard wood to carve.

[CharlotteK]

I am really leaning towards Alder. I found a picture of a walking stick online and my stick looked like a smaller version of this before I carved it - the shape of the knots etc.

I'm annoyed I didn't take more notice if the trees at the time. The stick was originally going to be entered by my son into a stick competition (we were at a festival). I spotted it. It was the perfect stick. We asked the trees for permission to take it but then forgot to enter it in time. Something about it said "wand" so I took it home.

[CharlotteK]

I dont know why I didn't think of this earlier. I asked my Ogham what my wand is. I pulled a stave at random out of the bag and got... Fearn (Alder). Wow.

[BreathingSince72]

Sounds like you got your answer!