Something Long, Something Sharp, Something by John Cohea

ScottRoush

ScottRoush

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I photographed John's wild war club and fokos for him yesterday and here are the results. John can pipe in with specs on these things.. which are very, very cool. I now officially want a fokos.

The fokos... walking stick with a tomahawk. You need one... trust me.

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The war club.... Remember the last scene from 'Last of the Mohicans'???

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Great pictures Scott and 2 fantastic pieces by John.
 
Thanks for the post and pics Sott,they turned out great!I made these two pieces for my table last weekend in Little Rock,and boy did I have to do some talking about them,they really drew a lot of interest from the crowd!Now for some details.Both are hafted in curly maple with a Tru Oil finish,and both have damascus blades.Both blades are around 6 inches long,and the hafts are 3 foot long.The warclub blade features forge laminated copper,and the fokos has been copper etched.Both the club and fokos have a stipped rawhide hand grip and textured copper bands as well.The warclub is my first,and has a lot going on with it,such as carving and stippling,a football shaped,thin wrought iron plate between the stock and the blade, and a beaded dangle,that you can barely see peaking down at the bottom.It hangs from a mild steel twisted blaksmith's curl.The twisted curl at the top is a wrought iron nail,and it also features a "shoulder pad" that is leather covered in textured copper foil.There is also a textured copper cross on both sides of the club,as well as on the headcover.
Hope you enjoy the look at these,I sure had a blast making them!
 
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I was just taking to another maker about the war club from Last of the Mohicans... that is one beautiful club!
 
I really dig the fokos. I am absolutely in love with the war club. Wish I had someplace I could display a piece that large - just fantastic!

Roger
 
Thanks guys!Roger,I thought you might like the warclub!This is one piece that I don't care if it sells or not,as I have a spot on the wall picked out for it in the event that it does'nt:D!
 
Cool stuff! I enjoyed finally getting to meet both of you guys this last weekend. You guys definitely had a pair of tables worth checking out!
 
Thanks guys.These are now on their way to a new home.They sold in less than an hour after I put them out on email notification!
 
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