And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's not a wooden shaft. That is braided rawhide. The flex adds to the speed of the strike. Think like a stone on the end of a whip, but much stiffer. Soak the hide til soft and cut to size needed. The rawhide strips are very thick before braiding together and shrink to a very tight weave when dry.That is how the head is kept on the end, the hide goes around it. Tough as a buffalo.
Judging by his facial structure, I'd say he had some European in his DNA.
ReplyDeleteWell, the name "Richard" might be a clue to his parentage.
DeleteI could use one of them war-hammers. Though the shafts always seem too skinny.
ReplyDeleteThat's not a wooden shaft. That is braided rawhide. The flex adds to the speed of the strike. Think like a stone on the end of a whip, but much stiffer. Soak the hide til soft and cut to size needed. The rawhide strips are very thick before braiding together and shrink to a very tight weave when dry.That is how the head is kept on the end, the hide goes around it. Tough as a buffalo.
DeleteAnd when swung at your felt-hatted head, would eff you up when it connected. That's one serious melee weapon.
DeleteGood to know, now I want one more than ever. I would have tried to put that stone head on a hatchet handle.
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