How to make a Wooden War Club

If you want to know, how to make a war club, then this video is for you. In this case I will show you how to make a wooden war club. I got inspired by the native american tribes how they made the ball headed war clubs, because the shape of the war clubs was quite unusual and this is also the reason, why I decided to make an indian war club by myself. As you can see, I am not a native american and I do not claim to build exactly their weapons, it's just inspired by them and I really think, that it's important to quote the source to give credit to the inventors of these wooden self defense tools.

As I said, I asked myself, how did the native american made their war clubs? If I wanted to understand the whole process of building a wooden war club, I had to build one by myself. This is learning by doing and my way ro learn and building weapons without metals is a very special journey.

0:01 How to make a ball headed war club
0:05 How effective is a native american war club
0:10 How to pick the right shape and the right kind of wood for the war club
1:02 The tight piece of wood is found
1:10 Removing small branches with the axe
1:13 Removing the bark with the axe
1:44 Testing the very raw shape
1:52 Possible designs of the indian war club
2:07 Coffeee addiction in the woods
2:20 Shaping the native american war club with the axe, removing bigger pieces of wood
3:08 Checking the shape of the war club again and again
3:40 Artist Hundertwasser: Straight lines are not healthy
3:52 Shaping the handle
4:14 Shaping the ball head
5:08 Cutting the deer hoof handle
5:29 Working with the rasp
5:47 Finetuning the ball head with a knife
6:36 Sand paper
6:43 Small mistakes
7:18 Oiling the wood
7:51 The war club is finished
8:04 The native american inspired war club
8:26 Testing the war club - smashing a pumpkin
8:28 Pumpkin soup
8:33 How to make a throwing stick
8:45 Bloopers

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[serpentsaurus]

The blunt weapon enjoyer in me appreciates this! Think I might make one of my own, thanks so much for the video!

[elnat]

One big difference between your recreation and the originals is that the originals (at least those made for actual warfare, not ceremony) were usually made using the root burl of a tree, not a branch. The burl formed the ball, making it substantially heavier, I believe, and much less prone to having bits of the side split off in use. It has been some years, but I had a chance to handle a repro made out of the proper wood, I think, and it was surprisingly heavy, a much better weapon than the ones I handled made from straight grain hardwood.

[medicman]

Amazing job. A testament to your wood carving expertise. Imperfections add character and are nearly unavoidable when working with wood.

[ScoutSarge]

Your wife must have the patience of a saint! Mine would kill me if I did serious woodworking in the kitchen!
Excellent video and club!

[markstronghold]

Great video on how to make a Wooden War Club !

[sheldondillon]

WOW !!! Love your workmanship, beautiful club, and that s coming from a genuine Native Canadian LOL

[Mountain.Man.]

Wow, I’ve never seen someone use a hatchet so much! I make arrowheads and have made some tomahawks. Definitely gonna make a club and also a gun stock club

[carloshardin]

There is a on line store called crazy crow that sells American Indian goods and they have war clubs with faces carved in them really leaves an impretion . From tres piedras new mexico u.s.a good video

[michaelbailey]

Fantastic video. I really enjoyed watching this.

[rondolinar]

You did an excellent job, and without power tools. I saw another guy make a very nice one but he had electric sanders.
You should make one with the ball carved like a Fist. I know just from what I've seen you do that you are capable of that.

[timc]

hard to not laugh at the initial war club drawing lol

[veidorje]

In Ireland they call it Shillelagh and it is made of Blackthorn wood good job thanks 4 sharing : )

[kinnikuzero]

This turned out beautifully! I'd be worried about the handle end wouldn't it be more prone to splitt?

[FLYFfly]

Cool. I am also from Slovenia and love this kind of fun with wood and forest things lol I am quite long in making primitive bows but also other wood things are not strange to me haha 🤪 found this video after two years so it seems you had lots of fun during lockdown 😃👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I am now making shillelagh from Ash which will be long one for hiking and fire hardned.

[blindowl-bushcraft-survival]

very nice club design, very well done, new subscriber

[InformationIsTheEdge]

That was fun! Do you recall what species of wood you chose? Very clever to have carved out that curve in the handle! I thought you were going to bend it out somehow. Thanks for the fun video!

[BlindOwl-Outdoors]

fantastic project, nice job, new subscriber

[ManyskunksKimCurtis]

I live on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, USA! As my Red Brothers and Sisters say, Only Creator makes perfect things! Even the bead workers NEVER make a piece that's perfect! They will intentionally add a bead that is the wrong color, just so is ISN'T perfect! So, leaving imperfections IS a Naive American thing!
Exactly what kind of wood did you use??
Nice job! Thanks for the Video!

[JohnDoe]

Great club man what wood did you use to make it?

[vrboys]

How did you find this channel? Uhh I looked up how to make a wooden gun at home. Are you now totally obsessed with this dude? Ummm “no no no, definitely not”