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Offline smylee grouch

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war clubs
« on: January 11, 2011, 06:02:55 AM »
While reading suzkat's post on war clubs i'm reminded that tiger hunt has some precarve clubs of various styles and was wondering if anyone has finnished any of Bartons war clubs. They look like a neat project.   Gary
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billd

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Re: war clubs
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2011, 06:28:22 AM »
Fred Miller has lots of different ones.  He sold his stock business but still makes clubs.

Bill
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Offline B. Hey

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Re: war clubs
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2011, 11:08:29 PM »
Hello Bill ... Do you happen to have Fred's contact info? Thanks .. Bill Hey
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2011, 01:41:06 AM »
Fred Miller,   570-922-1861

No answering machine. Keep calling till you get him.   Best time is between 6 and 7 in the evening.

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Offline rich pierce

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Re: war clubs
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2011, 01:53:38 AM »
Quote from: billd on January 11, 2011, 06:28:22 AM
Fred Miller has lots of different ones.  He sold his stock business but still makes clubs.

Bill

Guess he couldn't beat the habit.  ba dump-pump.
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Re: war clubs
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2011, 06:24:49 AM »
Thanks for the info, Bill. I'll give him a call. Take care .. Bill Hey
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jr

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Re: war clubs
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2011, 07:44:24 PM »
There are a couple dozen original ones shown with expandable photos on the Splendid Heritage website.  It won't let me link directly to the exact page so you'd have to choose "club" in Catagory and "Northeast" in Region.
All the ball headed ones were probably made from saplings growing naturally crooked on a stream bank or steep slope , then the ball root cluster carved into the ball shape. That way the wood grain followed the handle and bend right into the ball for strength.

http://www.splendidheritage.com/nindex.html

Here's a link to a thread showing a sapling and root ball http://frontierfolk.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=18435&start=45
« Last Edit: January 12, 2011, 08:13:06 PM by jr »
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Offline A.Merrill

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Re: war clubs
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2011, 01:58:17 PM »
    I think I will make one of these clubs. Anybody have any good idea of what I should do?    thanks   AL
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Re: war clubs
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 05:57:26 AM »
Thanks for posting the site, JR.  Very informative.
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