Need to get you to look into the combat weapon of my people, the hockey stick :P
Seriously though, the hurley stick do kinda remind me of a hockey stick. Would also be interested in you looking at a gunstock club such as the Cree or Ojibwe (O-jib-way) would use.

My age 71yr old from Scotland my grandfather Blue left North Ireland when my dad was young for work my grandfather Blue always carried his blackthorn walking stick I remember the thorns on it I don't know what happened to the walking stick but I have a few at home it's one of the only thing you can carry in the UK for self defence

When it comes to materials; It is a local consideration, the best club is the one at hand.

As others have said, it would have been a better test to have two melons, one for each stick.

In Canada we would use a hockey stick.

A loaded head makes a more comfortable cane as well.

An absolute joy to watch, a subject matter expert with passion

Trick with loading them is to drill a hole, fill it and then use a plug of the same wood to cover the lead. It should be a blind hole ideally.

Excellent video! Thanks!

Lots of interesting stuff in this video. Thanks!

In Carolina we used baseball bats and tire tools....

I have a very nice Irish (spell check) walking stick black thorn. The hardest wood I’ve ever encountered

You can buy them all day long. There's two different kinds. The kind tourists buy and the kind that's handed down from generation to generation....

Im not sure what that device was you purchased to melt your led but a standard blow torch is my go to of a camp-fire. Small campfire will do. I collect scraps and melt them together in a cast iron jaffle maker. Then store those ingots untill i need to melt then down to pour into bullet moulds for black powder rifles. 👍

I'm 50 some days my knee hurts, I might as well get one

Very interesting, thanks for showing us all.👍

You make a good point about the hurl, its relatively light, well balanced and can get you out of tricky situations, if used thin edge on it can inflict some serious damage.

Great video my man, lot of great info!

Very interesting and as I Irish stick maker I enjoy your content. Barneys sticks

Coole Swan is the business 👏🔥