Quality control can be a harsh mistress. Someone asked do we ever foul up making a shillelagh ? Actually given the type of fellows typically interested in Peasant Weapon culture “foul up” isn’t quite how they phrased it. Suffice it, the answer is yes, from time to time a stave that looked so good out …
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 …
