Mystery Wooden Club!

ausjulius · Today, 05:41 AM

Yeah i wouldn't be following anything AI says at all 🤣.. remember it's idiotic replies are based on our own idiocy. It's not "intelligent" .. it's artificial "opinions" .
There's nothing linking this to anything from any place in Asia.
Actually vi don't believe there is any southeast Asian clubs aside from the Thai KomFaag which are single handed (and a few double handed) bladed sword type clubs, aside from that off the top of my head I don't know of any clubs at all from Indonesia, Philippines and so on, we had that mystery Taiwanese club.. and I'd guess there is others out there) so just some ai slop replies to mislead you there.

It's southern African.
There is smooth lollypop like clubs from Ethiopia but these have a different handle style and many are painted too. Other nonsouther African symmetrical headed clubs generally have some distinct traits like a little collar between the head and shaft or a nubbin on the top or other traits or the transition from the handle to the head is a slow smooth transition not an abrupt transition like the southern Africans prefer.

Carving the shaft is indeed present among the Zulu and other South African ethnic groups clubs.
I've got several some place with cross hatched and also banded grip patterns, nobody's turning anything on a lathe.. it's just cut in with a knife, as is the club in the picture, I don't think the carving or patterns have any tribal/ethnic significance. They are just decoration to add sone grip when battering a fellows noggin in at the shabeen..
. Unlike the pacific patterns which are very consistent the South African ones seem rather varied. And I've seen spiral patterns, chequering, bants, zigzags, spiral twists, ribbed bands, copper and brass wire and also tacks on grips from southern Africa.

As to grip texture on clubs it seems 3, regions it pops up.
Southern Africa, Fiji, and Australian Aboriginal clubs from the south east of the country.
From.. experience is say it is very useful and really helps you grip the club when you are swinging it in some wild confrontation, hands damp from sweat/kava/grog or what else. Don't want it scooting out from your meat hooks when you are settling up.
It's curious it's not more common.
The aboriginal patterns, some are just scratches from a stone, knife blade or tooth, but others are long interconnected grooves and others elongated dimples or a swirling patterns of little picked in marks.. these really help you grab and infect the club.
The Fijian patters are very good too.
Let's you know where it's at for *BOINKING time.

Today, 05:41 AM	#5
ausjulius Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: musorian territory Posts: 483	Yeah i wouldn't be following anything AI says at all 🤣.. remember it's idiotic replies are based on our own idiocy. It's not "intelligent" .. it's artificial "opinions" . There's nothing linking this to anything from any place in Asia. Actually vi don't believe there is any southeast Asian clubs aside from the Thai KomFaag which are single handed (and a few double handed) bladed sword type clubs, aside from that off the top of my head I don't know of any clubs at all from Indonesia, Philippines and so on, we had that mystery Taiwanese club.. and I'd guess there is others out there) so just some ai slop replies to mislead you there. It's southern African. There is smooth lollypop like clubs from Ethiopia but these have a different handle style and many are painted too. Other nonsouther African symmetrical headed clubs generally have some distinct traits like a little collar between the head and shaft or a nubbin on the top or other traits or the transition from the handle to the head is a slow smooth transition not an abrupt transition like the southern Africans prefer. Carving the shaft is indeed present among the Zulu and other South African ethnic groups clubs. I've got several some place with cross hatched and also banded grip patterns, nobody's turning anything on a lathe.. it's just cut in with a knife, as is the club in the picture, I don't think the carving or patterns have any tribal/ethnic significance. They are just decoration to add sone grip when battering a fellows noggin in at the shabeen.. . Unlike the pacific patterns which are very consistent the South African ones seem rather varied. And I've seen spiral patterns, chequering, bants, zigzags, spiral twists, ribbed bands, copper and brass wire and also tacks on grips from southern Africa. As to grip texture on clubs it seems 3, regions it pops up. Southern Africa, Fiji, and Australian Aboriginal clubs from the south east of the country. From.. experience is say it is very useful and really helps you grip the club when you are swinging it in some wild confrontation, hands damp from sweat/kava/grog or what else. Don't want it scooting out from your meat hooks when you are settling up. It's curious it's not more common. The aboriginal patterns, some are just scratches from a stone, knife blade or tooth, but others are long interconnected grooves and others elongated dimples or a swirling patterns of little picked in marks.. these really help you grab and infect the club. The Fijian patters are very good too. Let's you know where it's at for *BOINKING time.