Id round off the end of the club head, drill a hole, wrap the bottom in leather and a leather cord to wrap around the wrist, make it a one handed club. The pole you could possibly reuse to make a new pole club, but id drill the center out and insert a threaded rod before gluing just for added strength.
This looks so cool. I agreee with the others.1 is basically a finished club the other just needs the 'handle' smoothed out a bit. For like a shorter club.
Sorry brother to correct you but Rarotonga is in the Polynesian group. Their closest relatives are the Tahitians/Maori/Rapanui and Hawaii distant relatives being Tonga nd Samoa. There's a video online if I find the link I'll post it on here. It's a video of this hawaiian guy talking to people from the cooks and I've got to say Hawaiian nd Rarotongan reo/leo are very much alike especially the niihau dialect. Mahalo bradda✌
This reminds me about my own attempt at making a war club with a double spiral groove on a shaft. I also found out a semicircular rasp to be the most effective tool. However, have not finished it yet. Will be 4 years already 🙈 Good job, man 🤝👏
The old ways of fire hardening in the islands is like how you would prepare an imu/umu earth oven where you bury the clubs/spears in sand and burn a fire over it for hours then take it out clean it off then oil it.
Ahh, sorry, my bro, you're misinformed. Cook Islands is part of polynesia. It is currently self-govern, with free association with New zealand, which means that cook islands can become new zealand citizens if they wish to move. The new zealand maoris are closely related to cook islanders, which cook islands can also be called CK Maoris because the first settlers originated from the cook islands. Our language has different dialects, depending on which island you're from. If you are near the southen parts, the language is closely related to Tahitian and New zealand maori dilect. If you're in the northern parts, the dialect is closely related to samoan and Tokelau. There are about a total of 15 islands in cook islands, 6 in the north and 9 in the south. In New zealand maori, they say: Kia Ora, in cook islands Maori, we say: Kia Orana, it is greeting which mean: may you have a long live. kia orana
Ya I am not as familiar with the Cook Islands.. when doing research on this specific piece I kept seeing Micronesia but I thought it was in the Polynesian triangle as well 😅 happens..
@KoaStudio algood bro, no worries. If you're wondering what type of wood it is, it's a (Rakau toa), which is an iron wood tree, the (taiki) meaning: A weapon made of heart wood of the toa tree (casuarina equisetifolia). This specific piece you made is called a (akatara), which varies in size from 6 to 18 foot long. It was discovered in the 2 isalands of the cook islands, Rarotonga and Atiu. The longer made ones were usually made for a (Ariki) chiefs, and shorter ones were made for warriors (Toa). As for why it is black, I'm not quite sure. In 1777 Captain Cook discovered the island of Atiu and one of his men noted that 'The clubs were about six feet long or more, made of hard black wood launce shap'd at the end but much broader, with the edge nicely scollop'd and the whole neatly polish'd'. Oh, if you're wondering, our country was named after the man captain (Cook) who never stepped footed on the islands 😆
@@Ochay682 the part about cook im familiar with haha, but thats interesting on the hardwood. Heart wood, or the center of the tree is traditionally very dark in most hard wood species. its very possible that the dark "black" color is purely a result of the dark heartwood and oil used to stabilize. I cant image how long it woulkd take to make the larger ones O.O
@KoaStudio funny thing is, the pictures doesn't accurately give the blade parts of it, Justices. The top part of the plade is actually quite thin. There's a BBC docu, if you search up: Pole club known as an Akatara Antiques Road show. The vid will give out a good example 👍
It did, I mentioned it in the video. It has a very extreme distal taper which was shown from a side view. I didn’t screen shot the side view on my video. I left it thick to give extra support during testing.
it,s good that traditions are still being upheld . 🤙aloha terry
Warclubs are such underrated weapons. The amount of detail and hand work that goes into these pieces of art is truly inspiring!
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yoooo this has to be my fav one youve shown yet!
Till it broke in half 🤣
Looks easy
Id round off the end of the club head, drill a hole, wrap the bottom in leather and a leather cord to wrap around the wrist, make it a one handed club. The pole you could possibly reuse to make a new pole club, but id drill the center out and insert a threaded rod before gluing just for added strength.
This looks so cool. I agreee with the others.1 is basically a finished club the other just needs the 'handle' smoothed out a bit. For like a shorter club.
Really good wepons
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i know nothing about mikronesia and this is epic
Its polynesian
Sorry brother to correct you but Rarotonga is in the Polynesian group. Their closest relatives are the Tahitians/Maori/Rapanui and Hawaii distant relatives being Tonga nd Samoa. There's a video online if I find the link I'll post it on here. It's a video of this hawaiian guy talking to people from the cooks and I've got to say Hawaiian nd Rarotongan reo/leo are very much alike especially the niihau dialect. Mahalo bradda✌
No need, I was corrected the first day it was published 🤣
Yay
This reminds me about my own attempt at making a war club with a double spiral groove on a shaft. I also found out a semicircular rasp to be the most effective tool. However, have not finished it yet. Will be 4 years already 🙈 Good job, man 🤝👏
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the staff is good , just add a spear point to it and it can be not-wasted work
poleclub is very underused weapon type
The old ways of fire hardening in the islands is like how you would prepare an imu/umu earth oven where you bury the clubs/spears in sand and burn a fire over it for hours then take it out clean it off then oil it.
can you make a handle for the blade and turn it into sword , it would be soo cool
18:47 nooooo , i was soo woried
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hi mate, a great upgrade of ur skills would be to get a V gouge en do some design to adorn your craft.
I have one. Just not use it much 😅
I thought that would happen. But yes, my vote is for 2 weapons now. Also shell inlay? Have fun!
Make 2 pieces from the remaining. Sword and club, perhaps?
Cook islands is in polynesia.
Ahh, sorry, my bro, you're misinformed. Cook Islands is part of polynesia. It is currently self-govern, with free association with New zealand, which means that cook islands can become new zealand citizens if they wish to move. The new zealand maoris are closely related to cook islanders, which cook islands can also be called CK Maoris because the first settlers originated from the cook islands. Our language has different dialects, depending on which island you're from. If you are near the southen parts, the language is closely related to Tahitian and New zealand maori dilect. If you're in the northern parts, the dialect is closely related to samoan and Tokelau. There are about a total of 15 islands in cook islands, 6 in the north and 9 in the south. In New zealand maori, they say:
Kia Ora, in cook islands Maori, we say: Kia Orana, it is greeting which mean: may you have a long live.
kia orana
Ya I am not as familiar with the Cook Islands.. when doing research on this specific piece I kept seeing Micronesia but I thought it was in the Polynesian triangle as well 😅 happens..
@KoaStudio algood bro, no worries. If you're wondering what type of wood it is, it's a (Rakau toa), which is an iron wood tree, the (taiki) meaning: A weapon made of heart wood of the toa tree (casuarina equisetifolia). This specific piece you made is called a (akatara), which varies in size from 6 to 18 foot long. It was discovered in the 2 isalands of the cook islands, Rarotonga and Atiu. The longer made ones were usually made for a (Ariki) chiefs, and shorter ones were made for warriors (Toa). As for why it is black, I'm not quite sure. In 1777 Captain Cook discovered the island of Atiu and one of his men noted that 'The clubs were about six feet long or more, made of hard black wood launce shap'd at the end but much broader, with the edge nicely scollop'd and the whole neatly polish'd'. Oh, if you're wondering, our country was named after the man captain (Cook) who never stepped footed on the islands 😆
@@Ochay682 the part about cook im familiar with haha, but thats interesting on the hardwood. Heart wood, or the center of the tree is traditionally very dark in most hard wood species. its very possible that the dark "black" color is purely a result of the dark heartwood and oil used to stabilize. I cant image how long it woulkd take to make the larger ones O.O
@KoaStudio funny thing is, the pictures doesn't accurately give the blade parts of it, Justices. The top part of the plade is actually quite thin. There's a BBC docu, if you search up: Pole club known as an Akatara Antiques Road show. The vid will give out a good example 👍
It did, I mentioned it in the video. It has a very extreme distal taper which was shown from a side view. I didn’t screen shot the side view on my video. I left it thick to give extra support during testing.
as in every wooden weapon , im afraid it would break after few hits
That was unfortunate end
Happens sometimes 😅
Hello my friend the cook islands is in polynesia not micronesia most weapons were made from the hard inside of the iron wood tree or ta manu,mahogany
Just fix it it's not a problem