Registered: 12/06/07
Posts: 418
Loc: St. Petersburg, Florida
Late, I know but how about whipping the handgrip of their hiking sticks? Mason twine works ok if you can't get whipping thread of an appropiate color and size from a ship chandelry or boat shop.
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