Ancient weapon, the Samoan Nifo Oti!

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KoaStudio

Жыл бұрын

Making a Samoan Nifo Oti war club from Hawaiian Koa wood.

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@staceybloomfield3452 Жыл бұрын

Nifo= Tooth/Teeth Nifo oti can be translated as 'Tooth of death' or 'Tooth at the end'. That curved axe looking part was for the head of the enemy to be hung from..different tribes or villages have their own version of the nifo oti.

@nevcutlass2257 Жыл бұрын

This piece looks awesome! Can't wait to see it finished, and to see the tests.

@michelleslutpuppy4355 4 ай бұрын

I love a long handle war clubs they are beautiful in their own way

@brettpalmer1770 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to seeing the final product on this one and see how you use it.

@mariotuatagaloa 7 ай бұрын

nice

@Outrider74 Жыл бұрын

I would LOVE to see a demolition/ballistic test with something like this. Looks great, btw

@KoaStudio Жыл бұрын

One of my recent videos was a weapons testing on a ballistics dummy 🤙

@zanedickson2725 Жыл бұрын

Cool video, mad skills.. Those shark teeth weapon's look like a Aztec Maquital

@KoaStudio Жыл бұрын

I have made a Macuahuitl but I steam of obsidian I used megalodon fossils teeth 😅

@galoiola Жыл бұрын

cool bro, mahalo and malo lava.

@KoaStudio Жыл бұрын

🤙

@TheLord0Ice0Wind Жыл бұрын

That's a really cool looking piece

@user-lw5ib2rg9t 5 ай бұрын

Great job brada ! I have a small amount of tools but I would use a Dremel for the detailed work

@KoaStudio 5 ай бұрын

Can go a long way with just a dremel 🤙

@user-lw5ib2rg9t 5 ай бұрын

Yeah! I'm slowly accumulating tools and the equipment to make things go faster but I'm kanaka I improvise

@vulpestraining8862 11 ай бұрын

Great work!

@KoaStudio 11 ай бұрын

🤙

@brettpalmer1770 Жыл бұрын

Small might be better. This looks like the kind of weapon an armored knight would be afraid of. It looks like it really good at hooking and bashing, armored isn't really going to protect you from those two things. If it is small enough to wield one handed then you can have shield in the other. A small one of these wouldn't be out of place on a medieval battle field.

@KoaStudio Жыл бұрын

Funny enough the Samoan Nifo oti is one of the few Polynesian weapons that occasionally employed metal. It’s used today as the blade in fire knife competitions.

@galoiola Жыл бұрын

Mind you, some of the big poly units I would imagine would be quite comfortable with the weight and scale. Fijian clubs are really well designed, with a round/ bulb shaped tomahawk like a mallet, tucked in the waist, when thrown, travels through the air like a tomahawk. Fascinating, beautiful pieces.

@blaf55 Жыл бұрын

oh hell yea a twohander :D

@brettpalmer1770 Жыл бұрын

So this is a two handed weapon?

@KoaStudio Жыл бұрын

Yes, just a bit small 😅

@blaf55 Жыл бұрын

@@brettpalmer1770 the crazy part is they woudl trow it at the legs or enemy and fight them with daggers

@everlastingwingchundunedin4776 Жыл бұрын

Some Samoan friends at work were saying it's considered a women's weapon..

@KoaStudio Жыл бұрын

Interesting, it’s the weapon used for fire knife competitions and was common for chiefs to to take photos carrying the piece along with the primary weapon used during the Samoan wars in the 1800s. Not sure I’ve ever seen it referenced as a women’s weapon but maybe.

@everlastingwingchundunedin4776 Жыл бұрын

Perhaps it has evolved to be known as a woman's weapon because there is a cultural dance performed by women..using the modern version of the weapon that used a steal blade originally designed from the European "whaler hook" tool... but now has being so closely associated with this ceremony that it is widely regarded as somthing women use...

@KoaStudio Жыл бұрын

It is often a ceremonial piece that is very true, but the most common use for the Nifo Oti today is fire knife competitions. Largest of which is held in Hawai’i at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Regardless it’s a powerful weapon that was traditionally used in combat which is my interest in it 🤙

@matiungawharau 6 күн бұрын

Ki roto ki te Ao Maori te wā tāwhito we had taha tana taha wāhine,male female, same mana no difference, sometimes the mana came through the female lineage,I wouldn't be surprised if you Pacific whanau are similar to our kawa,our tīkanga.

@colehenning7265 Ай бұрын

I would suggest building a jig with a ramp and do it on the table saw and leave the part you want the teeth extra wide and saw off to the desired blade ridgeline i dont know im just thinking out loud here but i really like the video i have always loved making knifes but sometimes wouldnt have enough money to buy all the necessary supplies to make a decent knife so, living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest wood was always available and i can make them for almost no cost to me except a little sweat and blood i found a new love of making wooden war clubs and swords you do really good work im a fan

@KoaStudio Ай бұрын

A table saw would be nice 😅

@colehenning7265 Ай бұрын

@@KoaStudio no I hear you I build all mine with just a rasp a plane and a big knife that I made myself

@brettpalmer1770 Жыл бұрын

Are there one handed version of this? I assuming it is a two handed weapon.

@KoaStudio Жыл бұрын

Traditionally it’s a two handed piece but yes you could make one small enough for one handed.

@Finding_Arcadia 2 ай бұрын

Now that its been a year since, do you think youd do anything particularly different with how you made the teeth if you were to make another?

@KoaStudio 2 ай бұрын

Good question. I don’t really make this style of teeth very often. So I don’t have a good pattern for doing it. I might do it differently… I might end up doing it the same 😅