Being unable to make "vanilla" signs and fences with sticks is very unsettling.

I would strongly recommend adding recipes to make the various fences and signs rather than replacing the vanilla recipes.

That is, move the file in ./resources/data/minecraft/recipes to src/main/resources/data/vsas/recipes/.

There really isn't a reason that than oak sign be made with an oak stick. It's the planks that make the sign be an oak sign. NOT the oak stick.

All sticks can be uncrafted to 'Stick' so there are no issues here.

This issue is not with sticks. The issue is with Signs and Fences.

I would like to be able to craft an oak_sign with the OLD recipe:

"###",
"###",
" X "

Where X is EITHER minecraft:stick or "vsas:sticks/oak_stick"

You have changed the recipe so that a user can no longer craft a sign with a stick but MUST use the vsas:sticks/_stick.