Hafting a Medieval MACE HEAD 

Either that or Tod is an extraordinarily consistent craftsman lmao

Was it? Just curious

@@whatisgoingonherebruh1 XD man got mad skillz

I had to stop the video and Chuckle at little... Glad I'm not the only one

😂😂😂😂

I don't know how to use a saw but I cut myself every day. Is that good enough for you? Angela?! Is that good enough for you?!?!

That glue bottle... hardwood floor adhesive ? that looks to be a very light mace head ?

@@CrimeVid (Mace heads weren't heavy. All they need to be is a small piece of metal with some edges to concentrate force at the end of a stick)

You're a fantastic craftsman. I hope to collect at least one dagger of each type too, when I have enough money.

That is so cool. I wish you the best in your endeavors.

You should make a channel here on YT of the process of collecting them and to show them off!

How do you like it? I just ordered one a couple of days ago. I'm excited 😂 I'm going to use a nice Oak shaft I have.

tod todeschini very cool interesting video I'm a carver too and loves anything medieval so I'm a living history buff too greetings from UK England Essex near London🐾🐺💕👌

That shelf under the head is a weak point.

The shelf is a weak point to be sure though I suspect it wouldn't be anywhere near as much of an issue as with an axe since unlike an axe any blows made with the mace don't have any leverage to add additional stress to the weak point since it doesn't protrude much past the width of the shaft. Also historically a mace was arguably of more importance to someone like a knight than your average fellow and rarely ceremonial, a weapon like a mace or a warhammer were commonly used by knights to combat the armour worn by other armoured foes. Even though a mace wouldn't penetrate plate armour the concussive force could injure the wearer through their armour and by denting it severely the mace could be used to lock up segmenting plates and restrict the opponents movement.

As amusing as this comment is it also begs the question: seriously, what did they do before duct tape? I mean I know they got along without it but it’s just such a useful invention it’s hard to imagine not having it.

Thou shalt meld their iron with heat and hammer.

Plus ye-old WD-40.

@@Rokaize Leatherstrips, charcoal markings,...

Isn't it obvious? 'Duck' tape.

This particular one is brass and is indeed cast. Tod makes mace heads of brass and bronze, both cast, as far as I know.

I agree, that was some good info!

@@tods_workshop Here in Estonia (we were part of HRE in late medieval time) similar but simpler bronze and iron maces were found from 10- 12 century as i remember. There is a theory that they were symbol of upper rank of military then. Until 14 to15 century there are written documents about maces given to town tower masters as symbol of their job. Several historic finds had still parts of shafts attached and they had iron foil reinforcement around upper part of shaft and also inside hole. Also iron nails were found as wedges to lock head on shaft. I have hold a mace head with dual human faces in my hand. It had still wood from shaft inside hole. Bronze salts are protecting organic material from rotting pretty well inside ground. If you are interested i can scan the documents if i find them. They have english summaries but most of it is in estonian tho.

Tjat type of maze head has been used since bronze age.

@@ReasonAboveEverything True. Its effective and simple design. Casted a simple bronze one for myself for testing. its very easy to carry along and pretty effective for killing blows.

@@KK-xz4rk Maybe that's why the hammer is a symbol for justice now?

@Carey Hunt Several moths late I'm afraid - it was probably indexing (I didn't catch what Tod said either)

tod todeschini Your show is way better than New Yanky Workshop.

remember, there is no more important thing than to wear your safety glasses ( or something like that, it's been a few years )

In the process of making handles for hammers and pickaxes for many years, this seems like it would be just as good for combat as for non-combat uses.

Agreed - the mace offers two advantages over a baseball bat: first, it's better at centering the impact into a small point, which increases its effectiveness at driving out the home invader. Second, it's smaller, so more maneuverable in a hallway, doorway, entryway, etc. Highly recommend, :)

@@Centaur255 my thoughts exactly!

Roes of carriage bolts out sounds painful 😂😂🤔 Great idea

Oak, Ash, and Maple,.... all are native to ALL of North America... No ?? P.S. I've been a reproduction, production, and restoration woodworker, sawyer, machine operator, and furniture/joinery professional since I was 17.... @ 55 now.

@@kennethkustren9381 Well, ash is on its way out, unless a solution is found for the emerald ash borer.

@@kennethkustren9381 absolutely spot on. I prefer Oak. Hickory is also a great option bc of its strength.

Well its is rather intimidating and fairly easy to conceal lol

@@apocalypticwarrior9695 arguably the most easily concealed forbidden weapon in Queensland is the 'karate stick'. Yes a stick combined with karate or: and i quote "any other form of East Asian martial art." By the definition you should not even be allowed to do Asian staff based martial exercise. Its up there with possesing nerve gas, nunchuks, mustard gas and maces.

One method is to just make the neck of the shaft slightly larger than the fitting of the head. Then you just pound away on the head and cram it on there. Usually, even though it's not necessarily historically accurate, I've seen people use JB Weld (or other 2 part epoxies) in addition to just a tight fitment. I've never seen one fly off fitted that way but obviously it could happen I suppose.

I just used Hot Glue, and made sue the Handle fit tight.

If you are being very extra-especially clever, you could make a close-fitting haft, saw it, place perfectly-sized wedges in so they rested on the top bit of the mace, then pound the haft in, forcing it onto the wedges and fixing it in place. Or just cross-pin it

@@samuelmellars7855 Brilliant solution to pre-place wedges in the socket before pounding the head in!

Samuel Mellars would be called fox tailing

tod todeschini nah you miss my point, it was a comment on your if you cant use a saw comment

knightshousegames Good question. The only answer I can think of is for you to look at the items retrieved from the Mary Rose and the Vasa of Sweden. Looking at was done then would give you the answer to what they did do,back in the day.

I'm pretty sure it is to prevent the hand from sliding up the mace. On a bat you only have to worry about the bat slipping away from your body as you swing it, but with a mace you are much more likely to have forces trying to push the mace handle the other direction and having your hand ride up the shaft.

@@Saddestpanda He even explained that in the video, some people...

I may be mistaken, but I believe there is an Egyptian mural depicting a two-person lathe. One person controlled the chisel, the other used a bow to rotate the piece (I don't know the period, it could have been on a palace, inside a pyramid or inside a tomb)

@@samuelmellars7855 I've seen video of Japanese pen makers using something like that: hand powered with a bow and rope spinning it.

Pole lathes have been around centuries I think.

I would go with hickory - hammer handles use ash or hickory, not oak for a reason

That's a morning star

I'm sorry excuse my ignorance, but by axial what do you mean?

Should the grain run perpendicular to the wedge or horizontal?

@@briananuvattanachai6646 Horizontal I think. So the grain lines run parallel straight down the side edges from the thick to the thin end.

Brass is much harder than bronze. Lots of brass knuckles and brass knuckle handled trench knives. Obviously for a mace for display only bronze would be fine.

@@apocalypticwarrior9695 I enjoys smacking watermelons or peoples heads in a self defense situations.

@@Patrick-kb3hj then brass would be perfect for that 😂