This hiking staff is handcrafted from the bloom-stalk of the Dasylirion Leiophyllum, you will find these great hiking staffs to be lightweight. Found in the Desert, the Sotol produces a magnificent bloom-stalk 6 to 10 feet high each spring. Once Mother Nature is done, we harvest them, leaving the plant to produce another walking stick the next season. Each Staff has a smooth lacquer coat and fitted with a long-life rubber tip, leather wrist strap and descriptive hang-tag. The 1408 is 54" tall and most have a slight natural bow to them.