My Etsy shop www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Shillela... Note: I'm fully aware lead shot can be used, however you get less in & it sometimes rattles no matter whether you use epoxy/glue/wax/etc
The Shillelagh I carried when I was in Law enforcement was thicker and had a bigger knob head. It got the job done keeping criminals in check. It was made for me by an elderly Irishman who was once a policeman in Ireland 🇮🇪. I still have it.
@@SimonTimoney-74 I can't speak for anybody else but I'll tell you one thing I learned about the sheleighly from an Irishman who was a cop in Ireland 🇮🇪 and made it for me.
@@SimonTimoney-74 you have a lot of Irish Americans here in States. And those Traditions have traveled with their families when they settled in the United States. So contrary to what you may believe my man there is a lot of Irish-Americans here who have know and understand what a shillelagh is
Just found your channel! What a top Shillelagh that is, even before loading it! I’m a fan of the molten lead. Better than shot, much heavier and doesn’t burn the wood like people think either. And you disguised it brilliantly too. Top job!👍
Man, I'd be gundy for the day, clouting every hopper I saw with that nice little shillelagh before the lead was even properly cooled. What a great implement for delivering first-rate palfries to all and sundry.
Nice job. Neat finishing. As I recall from my village childhood and from some other diy stuff, but it is a good idea to make the cavity with cone at the bottom, that will hold the lead inside better. Even the wood cracks it will stay in.
Nice !! I am on my own weapon making journey myself and have made my own version of the Shillelagh as well as knob handle canes and paddle clubs and Native war clubs. Don"t you just fall in love with making them ? I know I have .
I mixed lead from my airgun pellet trap (essentially lead dust and bits of lead foil) with ultra slow-set epoxy. Made the mix, vac chambered it for half an hour to pull out the bigger bubbles and packed the cavity. Worked a treat and I knew that there was no way it'd split the head of my stick, which I did when I tried a hot pour.
Unless one is going to be an executioner, IMO weighted handles are overkill and possibly counterproductive for most situations. I consider my 39 inch Blackthorn stick as primarily a striking weapon with the small end, perfect for a vicious stray dog. It would work for the 2-legged kind of problem too, should that ever arise, using thrusts to the torso mixed with two-hand whipping strikes to the head/neck and one-hand backhands to his knees.
Yep, enough lead to make it worth the work is enough to slow it too much for me - my blackthorn is whip-fast and will break bones as is. I do see the use though - not everyone fights that way. A nice loaded stick would still make me feel plenty safe, I'd just have to adapt. I made an oak stick for my wife with a handle made of copper pipe that's filled with sand (lead-loading is illegal here) and the 45° butt-cap has a silver British £1 coin soldered to it that will hurt a lot.
Not to mention it’s just dumb. If you used a modified shillelagh with lead in the head to defend yourself you’re 10000000% going to prison no matter what if you’re in the U.K. A normal shillelagh is a walking stick and there’s no way to prove you carry it for self defence, as long as you don’t get carried away when using it you’d be fine legally speaking. As soon as you modify it and add lead it becomes an offensive weapon and you’ll get time whether it was self defence or not. Make a brass head for it as a decorative piece or something else that’s legal that has the same effect, don’t do what the doofus in this video did unless you wanna go to prison.
It occurs to me that you don't need to melt the lead. Pack bird shot in as tight as you can, then plug it tight. Should act like a dead blow mallet then.
Would it have been acceptable to just add small lead shot pounded into placewith quick set adhesive into the bore hole adding the plug be sanded smoothly ? No molten lead same weight no burn risk.
Hi i just noticed your channel and was woundering, do you think that u could make a staff that was like a compass. With metal rod running down the middle. Say if you tied somethread to it in the middle would it point in the direction of north. Some wood i think elder or yew can has a nattruall hollow in middle. Interesting channel 👍
Quick question. Shillelagh were made from oak originally but because of the scarcity of oak they switched over to blackthorn. Is there any benefit to oak over black thorn or blackthorn over oak?
I'm not sure how much stock I put in oak being too scarce (it's not like shillelaghs were being industrially produced!). I'm not really a fan of oak, in terms of durability, looks, ease of working, density, etc, I'd much prefer blackthorn (one advantage of oak would be that it's available commercially)
Because that would be unnecessarily complex. The plug is cosmetic (also so it's discreet) & so you're not handling lead every time you use it, not to hold the lead in
I’m definitely gonna be ordering a Shillelagh if they’re still available on your Etsy page! I actually just found your Etsy & before I could look at the whole store I seen you had a YT channel as well. I hope these are still being offered bc an authentic great quality handmade Shillelagh would be perfect to have over here across the pond in Ohio on our dairy farm. If that asshole Bull we got gets testy with me again the next time I’m in a stall with him while I’m literally feeding him he doesn’t see it like that. He thinks just bc I bring him into the barn stall to eat that he can start trying to kick me, gore me, or smash me against the walls like he’s done multiple times but with a good ol lead lined Shillelagh I can give him a proper knock in the head!
