How to make a Wooden War Club
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- If you want to know, how to make a war club, then this video is for you. In this case I will show you how to make a wooden war club. I got inspired by the native american tribes how they made the ball headed war clubs, because the shape of the war clubs was quite unusual and this is also the reason, why I decided to make an indian war club by myself. As you can see, I am not a native american and I do not claim to build exactly their weapons, it's just inspired by them and I really think, that it's important to quote the source to give credit to the inventors of these wooden self defense tools.
As I said, I asked myself, how did the native american made their war clubs? If I wanted to understand the whole process of building a wooden war club, I had to build one by myself. This is learning by doing and my way ro learn and building weapons without metals is a very special journey.
0:01 How to make a ball headed war club
0:05 How effective is a native american war club
0:10 How to pick the right shape and the right kind of wood for the war club
1:02 The tight piece of wood is found
1:10 Removing small branches with the axe
1:13 Removing the bark with the axe
1:44 Testing the very raw shape
1:52 Possible designs of the indian war club
2:07 Coffeee addiction in the woods
2:20 Shaping the native american war club with the axe, removing bigger pieces of wood
3:08 Checking the shape of the war club again and again
3:40 Artist Hundertwasser: Straight lines are not healthy
3:52 Shaping the handle
4:14 Shaping the ball head
5:08 Cutting the deer hoof handle
5:29 Working with the rasp
5:47 Finetuning the ball head with a knife
6:36 Sand paper
6:43 Small mistakes
7:18 Oiling the wood
7:51 The war club is finished
8:04 The native american inspired war club
8:26 Testing the war club - smashing a pumpkin
8:28 Pumpkin soup
8:33 How to make a throwing stick
8:45 Bloopers
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How to make a throwing stick (a non returning boomerang) ua-cam.com/video/bDf6QilLXIg/v-deo.html
awesome outcome by the way. thank you for the knowledge my friend
@@timc3257 thank you! :-)
One big difference between your recreation and the originals is that the originals (at least those made for actual warfare, not ceremony) were usually made using the root burl of a tree, not a branch. The burl formed the ball, making it substantially heavier, I believe, and much less prone to having bits of the side split off in use. It has been some years, but I had a chance to handle a repro made out of the proper wood, I think, and it was surprisingly heavy, a much better weapon than the ones I handled made from straight grain hardwood.
You made a good point that sounds logic and I will give it a try as soon as possible to make a war club in a way that you have mentioned. Thank you for your precious input, this is how we all can grow and learn TOGETHER. Best regards from Slovenia!
Best places to find them are on creek/river banks. You can find them with a natural cure........
What kind of wood would you recommend most to look for?
@@jaredkain2792
I apologize for taking so long to respond! I've been told by someone who recreates these professionally that maple, "hop hornbeam, ash, some cherry, osage, hickory, and some locust, and some iron wood," are possible candidates. From what he said and my own observations maple was/is the preferred wood for both ancient and modern makers.
@@123elnat do you know if he makes them out of the whole sapling, sapwood and all. Or does it carve it out of the heartwood?
The blunt weapon enjoyer in me appreciates this! Think I might make one of my own, thanks so much for the video!
You're welcome. Even if I had to give the war club away, I would repeat the whole thing again. It's so much fun and you forget the ehole BS going on in the world while carving the club. Just do it! :-)
Your wife must have the patience of a saint! Mine would kill me if I did serious woodworking in the kitchen!
Excellent video and club!
Thank you for your kind words and I'm divorced ;-), so I can do whatever I want, even in the kitchen.
hard to not laugh at the initial war club drawing lol
Everyone sees what he wants to see ;-)!
Amazing job. A testament to your wood carving expertise. Imperfections add character and are nearly unavoidable when working with wood.
Thank you for your kind comment. Even the Japanese embrace the imperfect things, so can I and it's a perfect excuse to stop working, polishing, xarving, when you feel like it's enough ;-). Best regards from Slovenia.
Great video on how to make a Wooden War Club !
Thank you! :-)
WOW !!! Love your workmanship , beautiful club, and that s coming from a genuine Native Canadian LOL
Thank you so much. Best regards from Slovenia.
Fantastic video. I really enjoyed watching this.
Thank you :-)
There is a on line store called crazy crow that sells American Indian goods and they have war clubs with faces carved in them really leaves an impretion . From tres piedras new mexico u.s.a good video
Thank you for your comment. It's with carved sculls, right?
@@howtomakeweapons7353 the one I saw just had a face,but a skull would would sell , crazy crow trading , sell them for 79 dollars.if you can get UA-cam Kali tomahawk and knife
I think I saw a company making these scull clubs.
Wow, I’ve never seen someone use a hatchet so much! I make arrowheads and have made some tomahawks. Definitely gonna make a club and also a gun stock club
Hey, Mountain Man, nice to meet you here on this platform. Of course I could have used some power tools and the project would have been finished in a day or two, but this way, just working with a small axe forces you to slow down, to enjoy the journey. I have to check out your channel. Best regards from Slovenia.
@@howtomakeweapons7353 I don’t have a channel I have Instagram though
Odlično, svaka čast.
Najlepša hvala za kompliment. Lep dan želim :-) in lep pozdrav!
@@howtomakeweapons7353 koje bi drvo inače valjalo za izradnju ovakve toljage ?
@@kitosjek9541 , što je drvo trdije, bolje je. Bukev, hrast ...
Jako lijepo. Puno pozdrava.
Puno hvala. Pozdrav iz Ljubljane! :-)
You did an excellent job mate.
Thank you. Best regards from Slovenia.
You did an excellent job, and without power tools. I saw another guy make a very nice one but he had electric sanders.
You should make one with the ball carved like a Fist. I know just from what I've seen you do that you are capable of that.
very nice looking club. awesome
Thank you for your kind words. The minute I find (and make more) time, I'll make another one with an carved animal behind the ball part. Best regards from Slovenia.
Really well done. 👍
Thank you for your kind words. Since quite a few months I'm planning to make a new one, with an animal carved at the back of of the club. Best regards from Slovenia.
Great job!
Thank you. Best regards from Slovenia.
In Ireland they call it Shillelagh and it is made of Blackthorn wood good job thanks 4 sharing : )
So cool, how the same thing is so universal in so many different parts of the world. I like that Irish name. If you got hit by a Shillelagh you had nothing to laugh at all afterwards ;-).
This turned out beautifully! I'd be worried about the handle end wouldn't it be more prone to splitt?
Thank you for your kind words. This is always a problem with wooden tools and weapons I guess. The handle end is so rearly used in fighting, so I think it's worth the risk.
It's a beauty..
Thank you!
fine craftsmanship
Thank you :-)
@@howtomakeweapons7353 welcome
very well done
Thank you :-) . Best regards from Slovenia.
@@howtomakeweapons7353 California - Sonoma
fantastic project, nice job, new subscriber
Can you make a gunstock war club
Hey, hey, I haven't decided yet to make one, because I am still collecting some informations about the gunstock war club, because at that point now, I have no clue about gun war clubs. The other problem is time :-). I work a loooot, but I guess in a year or so I will make one. Best regards from Slovenia. R.
Cool. I am also from Slovenia and love this kind of fun with wood and forest things lol I am quite long in making primitive bows but also other wood things are not strange to me haha 🤪 found this video after two years so it seems you had lots of fun during lockdown 😃👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I am now making shillelagh from Ash which will be long one for hiking and fire hardned.
Good job.
Live your safety socks 😂✌️
Ha ha, what's so special about my socks? Maybe I should focus more on fashion videos or what? ;-)
...and by the way, those are not safety, but tactical socks ;-)!
Good stuff
Thank you. Best regards from Slovenia
Not perfect? It’s beautiful!
Thank you! :-)
very nice club design, very well done, new subscriber
That was fun! Do you recall what species of wood you chose? Very clever to have carved out that curve in the handle! I thought you were going to bend it out somehow. Thanks for the fun video!
Thank you so much. Unfortunately I have no idea what kind of tree it was. I know the vasic trees, but not this one. I guess any hardwood must be fine. Best regards from Slovenia.
@@howtomakeweapons7353 Wow! Thanks for the reply! And the fun video!
@@InformationIsTheEdge I hope I'll find some time to do more videos. Have a nice time!
I did not find this info on Google, but I came across an old book that had hand drawings of the Indians using the war club. Its primary use was to "whack" the horse that was pulling a wagon. Most wagons were pulled by four horses, or oxen, and the attacker only needed to bust the skull on one animal. The animal would drop to the ground and the wagon was left dead in its tracks. The other three animals were then wisked away. I can only imagine what happened to the travelers.
Wow, such a cool information and also logical in a way. Thanks for this information. Best regards from Slovenia!
I live on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, USA! As my Red Brothers and Sisters say, Only Creator makes perfect things! Even the bead workers NEVER make a piece that's perfect! They will intentionally add a bead that is the wrong color, just so is ISN'T perfect! So, leaving imperfections IS a Naive American thing!
Exactly what kind of wood did you use??
Nice job! Thanks for the Video!
Thank you so much for your input. I didn't know that with this imperfect aproach, so interesting! I am also imperfect with my knowledge of trees, I just knew it's a hardwood, because it hasn't any needles and it's not a linden tree, so pkease forgive me, I have no idea which kind of tree it was.
@@howtomakeweapons7353 Good to know! Here, in Wyoming where I live, there ISN'T much native hardwood! It's almost all soft woods!
Going for the Jason Statham look I see. 😂Your thumbnail.
Ha ha, realy? Which movie?
@@howtomakeweapons7353 Yup. In the thumbnail for the vid from what I can see of your face it looks just like him even the stare. I wouldn’t pin it to a movie.
@@fluffinmcpuffin1879 Cool! :-)
Great club man what wood did you use to make it?
Honestly? I have no idea, some hardwood. I checked the tree, but I don't know the name of it. The wood was hard enough to transform it into a club.
I like sticks
Me too! :-)
Nice job my friend.
Thank you. Best regards from Slovenia
How did you find this channel? Uhh I looked up how to make a wooden gun at home. Are you now totally obsessed with this dude? Ummm “no no no, definitely not”
Talking to the voices again?
yeah but why did you put a notch in the handle
So it looks like a deer hoof.
What that your kid singing in the background?
Some Korean Pop song...
5:18 What is that notch's function?
It should look like a deer hoof. It could be also without a notch.
Australian aboriginals use a similar method to make boomerangs.
A good boomerang is an awesome weapon.
So what is the process of curing or drying the wood is it better to dry then carve or carve then dry could not find any thing and my experience with walking sticks that could be years of waiting just wondering if any one has some ideas I stuck 2 in my chimney see what happens
I carved it "fresh" and it is still today without cracks fortunately. Interesting, this chimney trick, so cool.
@@RobertLisac I just checked them it is interesting I also rub beef talo in it it I don't have mineral oil
@@a234633 this sounds like a natural solution!
You manufacture the club with your hands....instruction over!
What do you mean?
What kind of axe is that?
You mean the axe that I used to carve the war club? It's an ordinary small axe, that you can purchase everywhere, but I made some modifications. I cut off about 10 cm of the handle, I made the handle thiner, because I have a small hand and I sharpened the axe razor sharp.
@@howtomakeweapons7353 ahhh, that explains it. It looks modified but I really couldn’t explain in what way, other than thinking that I wouldn’t mind having a dedicated carving axe. It looks so practical that I was thinking that it was specifically designed for carving as a commercial item. Thanks for responding! I’m not a stranger to modifying specific tools for specific purposes.
@@dr.froghopper6711 You're welcome. The last reason is, that a smaller axe doesn't take as much space in my backpack ;-). Best regards, R.
boomerangs all are returning if u have kids to fetch
LoL 1:57
I know I'm immature. Deal with it! 😏
Ha ha ha
I love these clubs. Unfortunately I live in a state where it is legal to carry guns, but due to American mob presence 90 years ago, all clubs are illegal to possess. I don’t need to keep an instant misdemeanor sitting around at home when I can legally carry a handgun instead.
that's a rungu.
It's probably similar like with martial arts, different countries, different names for the same punch. I guess here it's the same, Native Americans called it in a certain way, people in Africa or Ireland as well :-). Best regards from Slovenia.
@@howtomakeweapons7353 so many cultures have this weapon but call it the same name.👍🏾
@@d4vid.2real true! Regardless what name this warclub has, it's fun to make one.
great job not showing the most important part...thumb down.
you want a KNOTTED tree not an "L" shaped tree
What do you do, if there is no knotted tree available? ;-)
@@howtomakeweapons7353 do what the natives did tie something around it and come back in a year to force it to burl lol
@@wacogliderman9396 cool. I didn't know that.
@@howtomakeweapons7353 the eastern woodland Indians if they couldn't find burled trees made them, your club was good but you had to do lots of work to get that rounded shape. just throwing it out there that they had ways to create the burl
@@wacogliderman9396 , thank you for your precious input. I will for sure search also for knotted pieces of wood, but it's hard to find here. You know the war clubs with animals carved on the non-inpact side? As far as I analised the historical pieces those werent made of knotted pieces of wood, because the animal would be very difficult to carve out of such a piece. I could be wrong, wha5 do you think?