well do you want to walk round with half a tree

Is it possible to make a cudgel from other woods by fire hardening it first to make it more tougher

Generally blackthorn is heavy an touch. Keeping bark on it looks nicer when making a shillelagh

Where might we on the West Coast of the US find a wood similar to the Blackthorn?

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Thank you! I wish I had the right materials, and time, but at least this one is unique.

Actually it's made from hawthorn , the only thing Irish is the music and I think the wood is birch😉

Actually faction fighter used oak, Hawthorne, and Blackthorn. It was based on availability. Blackthorn became popular because of it's rapid growth. As a Bata crafter myself any number of woods make excellent Shillelaghs. Do your research before spouting off your facts.

I'm all confused now I thought he said he didn't know what type of wood it was and now its made from 3 different types. Me silly Irish man. And I wasn't taking anything away from the man's work a very grand job

David O'Rourke All the 19th century shillelaghs I've seen are blackthorn. Was hawthorne used way back ago? I'm also wondering if different counties preferred different woods according to availability. Any info would be very welcome.

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Will have to keep that in mind next time I need to strip bark. Good idea!

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You bet!! Btw I subscribed! I hope I can earn yours too.👌🏽

I thought I had previously, but I'm now subscribed. :)

Sweet! Thank you a ton man!

Might be, who knows?

Not sure when the next video will be, I'm moving and will have a much smaller shop. I have a lot of pens I want to try turning, so I may transition to smaller projects to fit the new shop.

Gotta have a drawknife first, I had to buy the spokeshave just to see how I liked it.

@@ManhattanWoodProject -ferrier's rasp also works wonders for something like this. You basically want bowyers tools.

The black is from coating it in butter and baking it.

Interesting idea, thanks!

Nice, I may have to try to put lead in if I make another one. Thanks!

That's true, but you have Toas and all the hippies and mexicans and turquoise, so you should be good to go.

You can have it over my bloody dead body! :)

Good idea!

Also, it looks really good. Thanks for sharing

Thanks, I think it looks a lot nicer than if I had just spun it on a lathe.

Might be cherry, I'm still not sure where I got the branch.

High praise, I was expecting to get my teeth kicked in by everyone Irish out there. :)

ManhattanWoodProject 😂 We aren’t that bad unless your messing with out fiddles and Guinness 😂👍🏽👍🏽

Too bad I don't get that 10 minutes, I'd love to use it to get a little more sleep.

Might have been elm, I did cut down an elm tree in our old back yard a few years back.

Most likely its shag bark hickory.

Yup, it was a lot easier and quicker than sanding by hand.

Bitch you are a rat

That's like saying Champaign isn't Champaign unless it is made in Champaign.

Yup, if I do something like this again I'll probably buy a draw knife.

beautiful job with what you had

I have a draw knife and it peels bark very well.

Draw knife? I'm thinking more along the lines of "chain saw". lol

Even an axe would have done the job!

It would definitely go well with outfitters, but it was a heck of a lot of work just to make the one. Making dozens or hundreds, well, that might just make me start to hate them. :)

Might be, I never did find out for sure. Definitely bashes fruit like an ash baseball bat though. :)

+ManhattanWoodProject From its shape, the look of its bark, and how you've described it as being heavy and dense...it might be Whitethorn (also known as Hawthorn) which is a very common hedging plant in Ireland. I very much doubt its Ash, which grows pretty straight, and the bark of which is much smoother. Hurley sticks are made from ash for this very reason (straight grain that is, with a turn at the base of the tree)...plus its 'springiness'. Incidentally, a lot of Irish folklore is attached to the Whitethorn, and where a lone one grows in the middle of a field it's rarely cut down or removed as they are known as 'fairy trees' which are the gateway between our world and the one where the 'little people' dwell. In fact a few short years back in County Clare, a major road construction project had to be altered due to a lone Whitethorn being in the middle of the planned route, and consequently the road had to be diverted, rather than disturb the tree. So, I hope you didn't cut down a Whitethorn, and draw trouble on yourself.

The bark sorta looks like birch, but his constant comment on its weight makes me think some member of prunus species. Cherry, plum, Hawthorn, etc.

Will do.

Watermelons would be fun, but the thinner rind on a cantaloupe means more mess with less energy. :)

Great tip!

Might be, I still have no idea where I got that branch.

Okay.

That wood they use for baseball bats isn't good to make a beater?

@@joeleek9976 Ash is sometimes used in baseball bats not specifically for its strength but that it is a lighter hardwood. I wouldn't use it as a beater as there are much better choices out there. I have ash walking sticks and they are fine. I have hawthorn walking sticks and they are tough as hades itself.

@@dlighted8861 ash has an interlocking grain structure like hickory. This would make it disproportionately strong for it's density.

@@joeleek9976 this will go on forever. I give in and say you are right simply to stop the blather. So much for people to be allowed their opinions.

@@dlighted8861 my bad. I was thinking for bows. A sticks ability to bend isn't an indicator of it's impact resistance.

I do my videos because I enjoy making and sharing how I made my projects, and hopefully inspiring others to make something too. I am absolutely not a master woodworker (or shillelagh maker, not sure which trade you reference), but most woodworkers on KZfaq aren't masters and yet are still able to make great projects and videos that inspire thousands, even millions, of people to at least consider trying something outside their realm of expertise each day. Also, I can't figure out where I try to pass my version of the shillelagh off as a piece of traditional heritage or pass off that I'm a local (from Ireland, I assume). New Mexico (in the U.S.) is quite far from Ireland, and I made the shillelagh because it was what the shape, size, and weight of the wood inspired me to make out of it. Thanks for commenting!

I never herd you say that you were Irish, I never herd you say you were a master in wood craft. But what i did see was someone that loves working with timber, & as you said that you hope it inspired others to try something new. The name of the walking stick comes from the village of that name in Co Wicklow. And any walking stick of that nature is given that name. Nice job on making the walking stick. And this is coming from an Irish man. Ps I would love to see the KZfaq channel & work of the fella that was putting your work & channel down.

Well that says it all. 2 subscribers on his channel. And doesn't even know what a puffball mushroom is. And that the cloud of dust when hit are the spores coming out & they can end up in your lungs. I know that when I about 7 or 8. Don't put someone's chanel down, just because you don't like it. Why don't you make a walking stick if you think your so good!!

Thanks! Don't worry about the haters, they'd explode if they didn't have something to look down on. :)