You make a good point. There could be a couple of solutions to this: 1. Have an artisan make the sticks. These required tools to make, and I don't know how pre

You make a good point. There could be a couple of solutions to this: 1. Have an artisan make the sticks. These required tools to make, and I don't know how prevalent the tools were, so it's entirely possible that it would be completely infeasible for anyone not the local carpenter to make these sticks, and would also make him a sort of arbitrating third party.