Club or tool ?

kronckew · 19th January 2018, 08:25 AM

Butter churn? they sell a lot of them as 'clubs'.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...53&postcount=9

The Solomon Islands used flanged clubs, but short hand clubs of the Ulu variety ('throwing' clubs) like mine in coconut wood below, the flanges were quite substantial broad based to withstand impact, with sharp edges.

The butter churn ones were longer, thinner and the flanges were for rotating the handle between the palms, or with a cord like in the below video, inside the churn barrel. the one shown in post one appears to be a more classy & finely made one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-iGkRLzNuY

Pinocchio · 5th February 2018, 11:17 AM

Could it be a cacao mixer rather than a weapon ?

19th January 2018, 08:25 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,235	Butter churn? they sell a lot of them as 'clubs'. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...53&postcount=9 The Solomon Islands used flanged clubs, but short hand clubs of the Ulu variety ('throwing' clubs) like mine in coconut wood below, the flanges were quite substantial broad based to withstand impact, with sharp edges. The butter churn ones were longer, thinner and the flanges were for rotating the handle between the palms, or with a cord like in the below video, inside the churn barrel. the one shown in post one appears to be a more classy & finely made one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-iGkRLzNuY Attached Images Last edited by kronckew; 19th January 2018 at 09:37 AM.

5th February 2018, 11:17 AM	#2
Pinocchio Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 12	Cacao mixer ? Could it be a cacao mixer rather than a weapon ?