Nice Knobkerrie on Ebay

Ferguson · 27th December 2007, 10:34 AM

Nice score Lew. Congrats!
Steve

Lew · 19th January 2008, 03:24 AM

Well the knobkerrie arrived today and it is a central hafted club and I love it. The club is very well made and has a drop dead gorgeous old patina which looks much better in person than in the photo. It is heavy yet very well balanced. I will post a better picture of it tomorrow. What I find interesting is the concave circle at the top of the head. You tend to see this characteristic on more of the offset type knoberries. I have heard that the Zulu would put some type of fat or oil in this circle and the oils would penetrate the wood so to keep it from drying out and splitting?

Lew

19th January 2008, 03:24 AM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Well the knobkerrie arrived today and it is a central hafted club and I love it. The club is very well made and has a drop dead gorgeous old patina which looks much better in person than in the photo. It is heavy yet very well balanced. I will post a better picture of it tomorrow. What I find interesting is the concave circle at the top of the head. You tend to see this characteristic on more of the offset type knoberries. I have heard that the Zulu would put some type of fat or oil in this circle and the oils would penetrate the wood so to keep it from drying out and splitting? Lew Attached Images Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 19th January 2008 at 02:01 PM.

27th December 2007, 10:34 AM	#1
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Nice score Lew. Congrats! Steve