Should try some coarse abranet for shaping surfboards.. for getting into tight radii, moving heaps of material without loading like sandpaper… you’ll be pleasantly surprised.. roll it up and you can almost treat it like a Shinto rasp of any size you like👌
Been watching your content for a good while now. You inspired me to try & create my own shillelaghs. But I would like to purchase some of yours to help support. If you don’t mind me asking, any idea what shipping to Canada May cost? Thank you.
I'm ordering mine next week, I fully understand the business behind your sales. Its not a problem.. I want an authentic strong blackthorn, that will last a long time, so Im buying from you..
I could imagine a person waving that cane around almost like a sword, using the handle as a sort pommel. If you were stuck by one of those blunted spikes, you certainly notice. Perhaps some shillelagh canes were more refined, with whittled down sections for the user to grip them like like club, and others still were made to have a completely smoothed shaft? However, when I think of the quintessential shillelagh, it's this that comes to mind. Simplicity at its best! Simply round off the node of the branch and trim back the thorns even for convenience sake. A wonderful specimen indeed!
Have you seen any of the other performances. They were no shakes. At least RayGun has a sense of humour. The others really took themselves far to seriously for what they were doing. Yep! That was real easy for me to say.
Beautiful stuff! My favorite thing to do as a kid was turn black locust branches into walking sticks, and this brought back good memories. Might try my hand at it again
Great sticks. I was lucky to find a blackthorn near my house and cut out a root piece until now it’s becoming a nice stick I am just a hobbyist from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and follow you since long. Thanks for all your advice. When the stick is ready I will and a picture. Please tell me we’re I should send it to. Cheers from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Bert
In shows in England, they are asking £75 at least, fill you a van, and get over here, you won't end up rich, Guinness not as good but the local bitter is great.
I have no access to blackthorn where I live in the USA that I can source sadly, but I found a good piece of black locust that I am seasoning in excitement as we speak. My mothers family stems from county Mayo