Gunstock warclub time!

Kismet said:
In (probably) an archived thread, some poster from...?Italy, maybe?...was seeking something like "the war club in Last of the Mohicans."

In a serendipitous search, unlikely ever to occur again, I found a public auction of all of the FILM'S PROP DUPLICATES, which was being held in a few week's time.

He was very excited.

Think he was driven into less enthusiasm by the prices.

looooonnnggg time ago.
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How come I can remember this thread and still forget why I went into the kitchen? :)

Here you go:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...un-stock-with-a-blade?highlight=gunstock+club
 
i have a CS poly ball club. bit heavy. and a maple machine carved ndn one which is a bit light.
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never been impressed by the ndn spiked gunstock ones. i hear some american ndn ones were made from planks of hardwood from the sides of settlers wagons and furniture, thick shipping boxes, etc., especially out on the plains where wood was more scarce.

my fijian clubs, made from a dense palm wood: roughly a yard long, very dense wood.
the slightly decorated one: ;)
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undecorated(well, just a little)
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the inside of the curve has an 'edge',the fancy one it's also serrated. the spike on the back was used to smash a hole in the enemy skull, the 'edge' was used to sever limbs, heads, etc.

lignum vitae is another good choice for wood. you can sometimes get planks from large ocean going shipyards, it used to be used to line low speed propeller shaft bearings at the stern, lubricated with seawater leakage they lasted almost forever. replaced with metal and rubber seals later on when high speed variable pitch props became fashionable.. they had piles of old used ones and stocks of new Lignum spares. i imagine most have been sold or thrown out tho. may have some hidden out in the back.
 
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lignum vitae is now almost extinct-- the boards(from old shipyards) are virtually the only source for the wood anywhere, as new trees take 500 or so years to reach a decent size.-- I am still looking for a board of the stuff , last one I saw offered went for 140
 
ah, well."ipe" is an indonesian ironwood that is fairly easy to find. it's in the acacia family i think. not sure how good it is for this application.

palm wood? not sure where to get it. dogwood? ash?
 
I am actually thinking a good alternative would be african blackwood or dalbergia melanoxylon; its an almost ebony, very heavy wood with virtually no pores. it and lignum vitae seem like the highest quality clubs you could make, just because of the gross mass behind them plus the durability and natural oil.
 
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