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Originally Posted by kronckew
plain wood patu from post 8 arrived today. 16" (41cm.) x 4" (10.2cm.) as noted, deep dark brown hard wood (tawa?) with a smooth semigloss oil finish. heavy, 390 grams. quite a sharp striking edge. no lanyard hole (i added the temporary lanyard at the 4th incised pommel ring), no surface dings, no visible edge dings, but you can feel a couple teeny ones. don't think this is a tourista model. feels good & deadly in the hand.
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about your club but
its for a recent made souvenir type of club,
the wood used, the shape, shape of the pommel ect. lack of lanyard hole all indicate very recent product and not of a traditional form.
ive made some clubs like that when i was younger as well.
i made a crude taiaha as well.
