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I am in awe at some of the nice comments. Thank you for the encouragement!
Denise, the twist was done with a 1/2 round rasp(NOT hand stitch), then a 1/2 round file, then a very thin card scraper, and lastly 220 wrapped around a glue bottle. In my opinion, I think you can go wild with even the roughest rasp, then clean up lightly with file, then spend time with thin card scraper the most. That thin scraper works wonders on removing the marks left by the rasp/file (on hardwoods).
As far as the uniformity, I lay a protractor out on my bench at 30º and match the rasp stroke to it. I normally move over one width of the rasp, cut a new stroke, then a third time before turning the stick in the vice.
Hope this helps, just have fun. Make canes and sticks, then post photos.