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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: whetrock on July 26, 2025, 11:51:25 PM

Title: war club
Post by: whetrock on July 26, 2025, 11:51:25 PM

Here's a club I made a while back. Locust. Stained with walnut hulls.



(https://i.ibb.co/4n02PQG2/a-IMG-6266.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dwHtGhqt)

(https://i.ibb.co/FLqjxTtw/a-IMG-6274.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Q3j1bwGN)

(https://i.ibb.co/gL2HbQWR/a-IMG-6263.jpg) (https://ibb.co/219m0RMk)

(https://i.ibb.co/0pVrcMbg/a-IMG-6264.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bjRXPB9S)

(https://i.ibb.co/gZ5gJBN1/a-IMG-6265.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tp7CDWgf)

Title: Re: war club
Post by: Bob Gerard on July 27, 2025, 01:25:42 AM

Incredible! Good work!!!! I would have imagined you got it out of a museum.
What’s the length?

Title: Re: war club
Post by: whetrock on July 27, 2025, 02:39:15 AM

Thanks, Bob. I appreciate your encouragement.
It's about 26". That's a little longer than most antiques. Johnson's Accoutrements IV has photos of clubs ranging from 14-25".

Title: Re: war club
Post by: Levi Garrett on July 27, 2025, 06:04:32 AM

Love the club. love the finish, it looks great!

Title: Re: war club
Post by: Curtis on July 27, 2025, 07:20:39 AM

Nice job of carving, Whetrock!  The war club looks all business - in an elegant way.  What is the wood, walnut?



Curtis

Title: Re: war club
Post by: whetrock on July 27, 2025, 08:30:00 AM

Thanks. The wood is black locust.

Title: Re: war club
Post by: Curtis on July 27, 2025, 09:08:52 AM

Thanks for the reply.

VERY hard wood - perfect for a war club I would think!!


Curtis

Title: Re: war club
Post by: Daryl on July 27, 2025, 05:01:58 PM

If that club had been shown in the antiques forum, no one would have questioned it's validity. Amazing work.

Title: Re: war club
Post by: tooguns on July 27, 2025, 05:21:40 PM

That's gonna leave a mark! Thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: war club
Post by: MuskratMike on July 27, 2025, 06:54:04 PM

Absolutely outstanding in every way.

Title: Re: war club
Post by: Frozen Run on July 28, 2025, 01:14:53 AM

Very Cool!

Title: Re: war club
Post by: Osprey on July 28, 2025, 03:42:14 AM

Brave man to play with hard black locust, but it looks great!

Title: Re: war club
Post by: David Rase on July 29, 2025, 05:54:35 AM

Very cool.  I need to whittle one of those out once I find the right chunk of wood. 
David

Title: Re: war club
Post by: whetrock on July 30, 2025, 04:09:14 PM

Thank you, guys, for the encouragement.

Yes, it is very hard wood. Primary market value is as fence posts.
 

Title: Re: war club
Post by: k gahagan on August 05, 2025, 01:12:46 AM

Very nicely done, looks like original

Title: Re: war club
Post by: madmtmike on August 08, 2025, 09:39:52 PM

Very nice work.
Years ago I attempted to make the same with bois d arc but the wood would always split on me when curing.
Mike

Title: Re: war club
Post by: Tim Crosby on August 12, 2025, 03:10:37 PM

 How did I miss this... Nicely done, Great design.

   Tim