I do like the way you think, I do have a couple of walking sticks I collected in my travels and one made by a friend,that the handle broke off and he is going to make me a knew handle, when I see him on Monday if he hasnt done it I may ask him if he can make the handle a screw on one with a thread size the same as on my tripod so I could put my ball head on it, lets just hope he doesn't finish it this weekend ;)