For those who don't know hurley is,an ancient Irish war sport. Basically two groups of drunken young men, with no more protection than an athletic cup, gather in tee shirts and shorts on a muddy field. A hard ball, almost exactly like a baseball, is tossed put. Then the two groups try to beat each other to death. It used to end in a ritual where the injured and fatalities were brought back to the home village on rough grids, also called hurdles, covered with brush. This,is called " bringing home the dead". If you will, it's a seriously homicidal version of lacrosse. Both Irish sexes play it. They do this for fun.
(credentials: blacksmith, amateur carpenter) when charring a functional piece, the hotter your flame the better. a hotter flame will char a very fine layer on the surface faster without giving it the time for the heat to penetrate deeper, causing the wood to become brittle. I would recommend a propane weed burner with high flow for the large application area and fairly high temperature
@@plasmahead2 only rose bud torch I know of would be my weed burner, and anything in that style you really don't want oxyacetylene or really anything with added oxygen running through, would probably melt the thing. straight propane in a proper ratio till the flame is so blue it's invisible in the sun is the best way to char wood in my experience. quick, even passes will touch the surface with black but leave the wood cool to the touch within a half second
I'm not a woodworker but I used to love making wooden stuff in shop class when I was younger so I get the joy in his eyes from doing this. I actually sketched out and used a jig saw?(I think the hand held one with the long but thin blades)and sander to ready the 3 peices (the heart, the Letter D, & a "kick" stand\wall hang) & then painted a heart with a cut out letter D nailed into the center putting in the heart shaped hole(put in the center with nail put through the inside of the Into the bottom and the side) for my mother for mother's Day when I was 6 years old😊 that's when I first realized I enjoyed woodworking. It wasn't super pretty but it honestly was 100% better then I or my dad, who was helping me not cut my arm off while I tried lol, thought Itd turn out. And it could be set up on a table with a kick stand leg on the back that could also be hung on the wall. Mom said she loved it. And she had it till our house was condemned because of bad contractors or whoever you get to build or add-on to your house, not building foundation of an add-on to the original house which caused black mold all through the foundation and up into the roof till there was roof collapsed in my bedroom and we had to move cause it was killing me and my already dying Father. And she lost it then cause it was ruined by mold in storage without her realizing.
Greetings from Atlanta. I charred a set and polished them up as a gift for a bar owning friend to hang up. They are still hanging over the bar 20 years later. Thanks for the video.
I played for a while in Chicago after a friend introduced me and it’s an awesome sport that I think more Americans would really like if they knew about it. For the people who don’t know it’s literally a mix of baseball, hockey/lacrosse.
😊 working with lumber "sap's" the moisture out of your skin LOL I figure this is an easy way to restore your hands moisture as well as condition the piece that you're working on?
This man is just so charming. The Irish accent is charming and the fact that he is Irish implies he lives in a beautiful place and his profession is so simple yet complex and interesting. Good people are real and this man is living proof.
@@kevindowling157 I live in the States, but I love learning about Irish culture and history. I watch the matches that get uploaded onto RU-vid (which isn’t many but I love the ones I can watch)
I grew up in new York City and my father was a Lietrim football player. Almost evey summer Sunday we were at Gaelic park in the Bronx. I'm all American but proud of my Irish heritage. I remember the hurley stick having a different hape, the bottom was more foot like than what you have. The hurley players were always somewhat beligerant and ready for a fight, much like our hockey players. Keep up the good work.
I'll be honest. You actually made me more interested in woodworking. I had a class where we would build things and I wasn't interested in it at all but hearing the accent is just very soothing and I just love watching your videos now
I remember reading somewhere that they used to char bow staves because it would harden the wood by causing the grain to shrink. I dont know weather I read it it in a fantasy book or a survival book though because i read a lot of both.
For my Americans: hurling plays a bit like lacrosse, though the field is 140 to 160 yards long. The ball (called a sliotar) can be hit upwards of 110 mph. A player holding the ball is allowed 4 steps (think ultimate frisbee) before bouncing the ball off his hurl, which gains him 4 more. Balancing the ball on the hurl allows you to run as long as you can balance it. You can hit the ball from the ground or the air. To pick up the ball, you have to scoop it up with the hurl. You probably have a hurling club in your nearest city!
@@AlainnCorcaigh I know. I coach 40 Americans. A few people know what the sport is, though most people think I'm saying 'curling'. It is not very common.
If you're looking to char something without going deep paradoxically You might want to go with more intense heat You can scroll an oxygen torch across a piece of wood like a pen and leave a thin layer of charcoal without heating the wood. You can literally scorch one side of a piece of paper and leave the other side lillywhite with this technique. Not sure how you could do that evenly though, You would probably have hatching.
Oh! Now the song Legend of Cu Cullain makes sense! "Grabbed his hurley in his hand... ball through his head" I was thinking of a shotput or a spear and i was just misshearing a lyric or two! This makes far more sense.
I learned so many things from this video like what a hurley is and what it's used for and what Irish people do for fun. Good stuff bud please keep the vids going!
Love watching hurling. Kinda like field hockey played with a baseball using native American war clubs while dressed & running like rugby 7's toward an old style american football goalpost
Hurling is an insane sport. In the 80's at a 5 star Ho Jo ;) at 2AM when ESPN sometimes just had 2 dudes playing catch they broadcasted a Hurling match. In 5 minutes I witnessed a dude get blast in the face and another get his shin snapped and play didn't stop. Team mates dragged off their mangled mate, substituted, & continued play. Was gnarly.
Never heard of it. To me, Hurley is a brand of sports sunglasses. This hurley item looks to be a combination of several things that I recognize. It's like an ax handle with that large area to like a tennis racket which is to be used like a baseball bat for hit a ball against the wall the same way we Mexicans play handball with those small blue rubber balls. Peculiar, but probably pretty fun if you grew up with it.
I just adore how many woodworkers use linseed oil to bring out the patterns and give the wood a nice finish. JoergSprave does that for his slingshots he makes. I’ve come to the conclusion that linseed oil is the godly nectar of beauty restoration.
Was in Ireland a few weeks ago(from canada) and learnt about hurling for the first time... brought back 3 sticks and 2 balls... wish this sport was readily available here... it cool to see vids about it after I got to try it out with some locals in galway
Traditional bow makers will sometimes lightly burn the belly (the side facing the archer) of white wood bows. It apparently increases the compression strength of the wood.
