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.

I put a big piece of round stock of brass in mine and carved a shamrock ☘️ in it

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.

Great job adding the lead and you finish is very nice and shiny. But I pity the fool who deserves a beating from that.

Always wondered how to lead load a blackthorn stick. Thank you for sharing. 👍

lead shot and epoxy mixed like a rice crispy bun works just as well , and a lot less messing about

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 .

im just a beginner and your work is quite an inspiration.

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.

Nice work.

Perfect for an evening stroll

Amazing work my brother!

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.

Now that's a heavy Lethal tool !!

Very good content and woodwork.

u make some ot the best shillelahg's and woodworking i have learned Alot from watching you and thers that ake apart in this art

Now that's a skull masher :)

That should make quite an impression on a highwayman that picks you as his next victim.

...Is this Dude making a Shillelagh on the Quiet, Whispering & Darkness ??? 🎶🕺💃🎶🍻🙏

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.

Very cool brother

Very nice sir 👍🏻

I put a nail crosswise through the hole before I pour the lead in. That locks it up good.

Thanks for sharing. I like it. GF1 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁🙈

thats nice

Nice

When I was a kid, I cut a small hole in a tennis ball and filled the ball with (molten) lead, cinder block was no match.

Absolutely beautiful. I wish we could get the same materials here in the US. I wonder what we have that is comparable?

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!

Always wanted one of these Finley sticks.

I like 👍 that

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 👍

Your next project you should make a mallet

SWING THE SHILLELAGH!!!

Why was I thinking gunpowder to make a boom stick? lol

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.

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?

Problem here in Roswell new Mexico is finding good hard wood

Good job ! I want to try it actually … What about the risk when you pour the molten lead, that the head of the stick may crack !?

Nice work. Do you sell these?

Why not bore a thin hole that widens? It seems that would help keep the lead in with no need to plug.

yet another use for old tire-balance weights!

Does the molten lead not burn the Wood?

Why melt lead when a couple ounces of #7 shot would have filled it. Then it would be like a dead blow mallet

i filled one today but I dont think I put enough in as the balance isnt that different, hey ho lesson learnt

How to make that black color? Just paint?

Why not just use lead shot with a little epoxy instead of dealing with molten lead?

Hi can you donate one of your shoelace you just made it really beautiful thank you

Don't slap this lads cap in an Irish pub..

If police ever discover this say it was an antique as doing this yourself is illegal.

I'm gonna B A 🐔 💩 & use lead shot & epoxy 🐓

Sticks'n'stones : What kind of wood stain did you use? Looks cool