@frankknox9127 outstanding! We do make them from Ash as well as Maple and Cherry. Largely, whatever dense hardwoods we have in stock at a given time.

@Doxatek thanks! Bows have been a goal for us since the beginning of the business. They are coming....some day. In the meantime, let us know if you make one. We'd love to see it!

@podsmpsg1 thanks! To be fair, it is just cheap sheet metal. It's pretty much useless to begin with for this kind of abuse. We largely put it on there to protect the wood from getting too scarred up from the cinder block.

@@birchouse Yeah. Even if it was the same type of steel used in plate armor, the Tetsubo could still transfer energy, even break the rib of the wearer.

@JugglesGrenades great news! We just finished a batch of smaller Tetsubo that can be wielded one-handed or two-handed. They will be available in our shop by Monday! Find all of our goods in our shop at goimagine.com/birchousewoodcrafts/

@@Doxatek thank you! That is appreciated greatly.

@fujikoalfonso7448 thank you kindly! Yes, we make all our shields. You can find us and all of our work here on youtube and at the links below! goimagine.com/birchousewoodcrafts/ facebook.com/Jczich?mibextid=ZbWKwL Contact us for custom orders at: [email protected]

@jakeaiken9966 nice pull! It is not something we offer at this time, though it is something we could certainly look into it for you! New products generally take anywhere between 3 months to a year, as we conduct research, contact museum curators, and coordinate with our smithing partners. Feel free to contact us either at our email or business page on Facebook! facebook.com/Jczich?mibextid=ZbWKwL [email protected]

@@birchouse will do. Been looking for a Sarissa for a while. Or some proper Bronze Age era Javelins, certainly more Greek stuff !

@gozer87 The biggest lesson I have taken from my talks with museum curators when we are in research is to take a trust but verify stance when it comes to arms and armor from antiquity. Art is absolutely an outstanding starter point and lends a lot of credibility to historical items. On the other hand, art is at the artist's discretion/interpretation, so anytime you can use another primary source in conjunction with art, it makes for a pretty airtight case. As to anything fantasy/mythological in medieval or fuedal art. I think it's pretty damn cool that artist centuries before us were coming up with cool designs like we do today in our own artistic interpretations, especially thinking about movies and video games. Sorry for the novel, but that was a great insight!

@robertrobert7924 it is certainly a fascinating insight into the mentality countries had going into the war and how unprepared they were for the frightful technologies and tactics that WW1 would unleash. To be perfectly fair, I don't think anyone at the time could imagine where they'd end up.

@@DannyCurrinton good eye! It's a great design. I couldn't pass up a chance to paint it on our demo shield

@@birchouse im making a rattay shield. it still got time tho

oh and btw did you paint the wood or add a leather layer, im thinking of adding leather layer and painting the icon. and did you sand the sides or thats just how it came out when you cut it?

@DannyCurrinton we use a 100% linen facing with a layer of gesso and then painted with milk paint to achieve that lead based paint look. The edges of the shield are chamefered, a feature we have seen on a few examples from museum collections. The full video is on our channel. Feel free to check it out as we talk about the build itself!

@insch.9547 we here at Birchouse love history and are fascinated by arms and armor. I think it is good to temper that enthusiasm with a healthy dose of understanding humankind's relentless pursuit of ways to destroy one another, and the tools we create are as frightening as they are creative.

@@countsnowyofgwainn3996 that is so cool!

@firstname6018 that is incredibly kind. Thank you so much for coming out and chatting with us, and I hope you love your axe!

Thank you!

Thanks for giving us a watch! It is sincerely appreciated. That also gave me a good laugh. The humor across the board was spot on.

Good pull! I had not come across it, but rest assured, I will be checking it out ASAP.

Thank you kindly! It is genuinely appreciated.

Absolutely. You can hit me up at our business email [email protected] and we can hash out the details.

Thank you kindly! It is genuinely appreciated!

A lot of this is stuff that has been in stock for a while, and we have just now begun to utilize KZbin shorts to advertise our goods. We are also in the high production season as we do a few festivals through the summer and fall.

Why do you say that

Thank you for watching! It is genuinely appreciated. Generally, they are just called mauls, though clubs or bludgeons could be used as stand ins. We were largely inspired by the work of Tod Cutler, who also crafts period accurate arms and armor, though on a much bigger scale.

We use CS Osbourne decorative nails for the studs on our War Clubs. While they are very nice , I'm excited to say that we are looking to cast our own studs in-house later in the year. Thanks for watching! We genuinely appreciate it.

Sounds reasonable to me. These are cool. I’m about to drop an order right now actually 😅

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Thank you kindly. We sincerely appreciate your support!

Thanks! We make them right here at Birchouse Woodcrafts! Here are links to all the places you can find our goods! (PS, we have 4 in stock right now!) . . . Find all of our goods in our shop at goimagine.com/birchousewoodcrafts/ Or contact us for custom orders at facebook.com/Jczich?mibextid=ZbWKwL [email protected]

@@birchouse awesome! Sorry I got over excited and commented before you said that you made it and where I could buy... Haha your shields look great too I like the historical type

Thank you kindly! We were very happy with this build

Thanks for the watch! For the same reason cinder blocks are used for punching demos in martial arts, we chose to break one more for the visceral appeal than how sturdy they are...also no one would volunteer a bone so...

@@birchouse good point never did martial arts lol. Was just wondering why you chose a brick. Also I don't think we need to be ready on bones pretty sure a guy with your weight/strength can easily break bones with a baseball bat imagine a steel reinforced baseball bat lol.

First of the year! Nice!

Howdy! You found the old video. We just uploaded a remake of this video that is both better quality and more concise. I will attempt to answer some of your questions, however, I am but a simple craftsman and I do not profess to be an expert. The atlatl is a spear thrower and pre-dates the bow and arrow. When superior bow technology arrives the spear shortens to an arrow. Some archeological atlatl finds do have spear rest and you would not need to balance the spear in your fingers. Some do not, and some have finger holes to enhance your grip. My guess is that this is all very primitive technology and it was all trial and error. There are a few museum pieces out there that have a slight curve to them. (and now that you've pointed it out, we'll probably build a few for our shop, another rabbit hole to dive into) But it seems that most are straight. My guess again is the primitive nature of the tool and the people building it. Thank you so much for giving us a watch and for the insightful comments! We are a small business and it means a lot us.

Thank you kindly! As a small business, we do sincerely appreciate the support. Alas, I am ultimately a craftsman, and I would certainly not call myself a professional with the atlatl, nor would I pretend to be otherwise. We do try to share short informative videos that complement the goods we have on offer.

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