Shillelagh Prototype

Been testing out the best way to make a shillelagh this week, since I don't have to do any carving there rather simple for me to do, just trim of the ends at the needed length and shape the nob. The big thing to figure out was how to do the finish, the black color originally being archived by sticking the stick up a chimney and smoking it till it turns black.


Used the closest thing to blackthorn I could find, a piece of wood from a old plum tree I cut down a couple months ago, removed the outer bark, used power saw to shape nob to the rough shape, and then used a black stain with polyurethane, looks good but think I might try some other method in the future.


Then used a sanding drum on my dremel tool too shape the nob.



And then finished the nob with danish oil.