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Offline whetrock

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war club
« on: July 26, 2025, 11:51:25 PM »

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












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Offline Bob Gerard

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Re: war club
« Reply #1 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?
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Re: war club
« Reply #2 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".
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Offline Levi Garrett

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Re: war club
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2025, 06:04:32 AM »
Love the club. love the finish, it looks great!
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Re: war club
« Reply #4 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?



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Re: war club
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2025, 08:30:00 AM »

Thanks. The wood is black locust.
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Offline Curtis

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Re: war club
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2025, 09:08:52 AM »
Thanks for the reply.

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


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Offline Daryl

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Re: war club
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: war club
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2025, 05:21:40 PM »
That's gonna leave a mark! Thanks for sharing!
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Offline MuskratMike

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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2025, 06:54:04 PM »
Absolutely outstanding in every way.
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Re: war club
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2025, 01:14:53 AM »
Very Cool!
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Offline Osprey

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Re: war club
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2025, 03:42:14 AM »
Brave man to play with hard black locust, but it looks great!
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Offline David Rase

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Re: war club
« Reply #12 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. 
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Re: war club
« Reply #13 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.
 
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Offline k gahagan

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Re: war club
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2025, 01:12:46 AM »
Very nicely done, looks like original
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Offline madmtmike

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Re: war club
« Reply #15 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
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Re: war club
« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2025, 03:10:37 PM »
 How did I miss this... Nicely done, Great design.

   Tim
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