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Old 25th April 2017, 09:49 PM   #31
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ausable chasm in the adirondacks of NY is pretty awesome. i remembered it from having been there in my pre-teens. i lived not all that far from there on the NJ/NY border, i discovered i had acrophobia there at the chasm. that suspension bridge did me in. scared the stuffing outta me; you could look thru the gaps in the floor boards and the bridge wobbles and sways. looks unchanged from my day.

they are a tad smaller than the ones in the film tho. and i certainly would not want to see what was left of anyone jumping off the waterfalls.

letchworth and watkins glen are also upstate. the geneses river has sme interesting topography too.
Yes Wayne, i grew up in New York and i'm quite familiar with the landscape of upstate. The Adirondacks in NY are indeed quite beautiful as are the Catskills. But the landscape has nowhere near the scale of cliffs and waterfalls used from the Chimney Rock area of North Carolina in the film.
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i noted the sword too. figured it was either artistic license or a peace piece (da debble made me say that) presented to the chief.

'nother pair of my recent 'native american' ball clubs, just for the halibut.:
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i noted the sword too. figured it was either artistic license or a peace piece (da debble made me say that) presented to the chief.

'nother pair of my recent 'native american' ball clubs, just for the halibut.:
If i am not mistaken Wayne, the club you show on the right is produced by Cold Steel and is actually not made of wood at all, but rather black polypropylene which they claim is virtually indestructible.
There are a good number of recent examples that are intricately carved out of beautifully grained wood and often these carvers are modern Native Americans.
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If i am not mistaken Wayne, the club you show on the right is produced by Cold Steel and is actually not made of wood at all, but rather black polypropylene which they claim is virtually indestructible.
There are a good number of recent examples that are intricately carved out of beautifully grained wood and often these carvers are modern Native Americans.
i was being a bit cheeky, yes it is. i was just seeing if anyone would notice the other one is wood, and i suspect cnc carved. they are recent... i posted them mostly for the shapes. and as a warning that all is not as it seems.

i've also seen a few on a certain popular auction site that were listed as native american ball clubs with huge prices, that were actually recent and quite cheaply advertised elsewhere on the same site by a more honest seller as maasi rungu.

caveat emptor. is it a american indian ball club or? (yes, it is mine)
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