Gorse is one of the traditional woods for Shillelaghs, and frankly I can’t help myself, Every time I pass a gorse thicket I’ll slow down and take a long look for any straight looking staves… it’s rare that there are, but when there is one a huge battle begins. Gorse is hard to get, hard …
For our products, whether they be shillelaghs, cudgels or kippens we use Acacia wood for a few reasons, among them it’s strong, lightweight and handsome , but primarily is in our part of the world it escaped from old ornamental plantings about a hundred years ago and now grows like a weed.The local Council has …
To foot or not to foot, that is the question. There are a few ways to shoe shillelelagh. In the late 1800s it became fashionable to put brass ferrules on the feet of walking sticks to increase their durability and add a stylistic element of appeal.Some people consider this an absolutley mandatory part of a …
You’ll notice the heads of some of our shillelagh have “corks” in them. These are for our weighted shillelagh, where we add an ounce or so of lead shot to the head. Sometimes for balance, sometimes for weighting and frankly sometimes because the stave just seems to ask for it. There’s a couple of ways …
