🤣 it does look a bit like a ping pong paddle on steroids, these are all made of Hawaiian koa which is a hard wood species that only grows in Hawaii. Being a hard wood they could do some damage with or without the teeth 😳
My favorite piece is the taiaha. A group of Maori came to my middle school for a presentation. They showed off some of their weapons as part of that presentation; including the taiaha. I've thought they were really cool ever since. Thank you for your videos!
The Taiaha is an awesome weapon, fun fact, the spear point is actually a “tongue” with the two inset pearl as “eyes”. Since it has eyes on both sides of the weapon it has no blind spots 👍
There is something to say about light and fast! Mahalo plenty for the support 😊 fish hooks are found throughout all Polynesian islands and are pretty awesome!
Yo great craftsmanship. This give me some inspiration for weapon crafting out of nonmetal materials. Thanks you your recommendation on my comment on the previous video. It help me to actually find a book on Hawaii marital art and weapons. -Favorite weapon would be the Lei o mano. It seems the most utilitarian. I wonder if Hawaiians and Polynesian used shields or bucklers for protection or parrying.
I actually tested that niho lei o mano piece on some watermelons haha, just solid wood with tiger shark teeth, if the blunt force doesn’t take you out the teeth will leave a mark 😳
I feel like that I feel at home with these weapons, and I feel like that I'm part Hawaiian because my dad used to live there as a kid growing up because of his parents moving across the nation.
I love these weapons. I'm in the process of making a Lei o Mano (the long one) I don't have Koa wood(I live in east coast u.s.a) so I'm using pine. Sharks teeth are hard to come by so I'm using sea shells as a substitute(shaped and formed like sharks teeth). Its not gonna be meant to be used. It's will be for decoration. Mahalo for sharinging these awesome weapons. 🤙
Incidentally, many aspects of Hawaiian culture are actually very *similar* to those of Japanese culture; the two even had a *brief* period of contact before their first contact with westerners.
Modern culture yes, ancient culture not so much. Japanese where not cross oceanic voyagers, and as far as I am aware there are no record of ancient Hawaiians traveling to the Japanese islands. Not that they couldn’t have but not enough to cause an influence of culture.
for some reason i have been having all these dreams about these damn sticks i did not know what they where im a 36 year old white guy in america and i start dreaming about a stick i look it up and its this taiaha so i started carvinng them out of oak and ill tell you this the energy i feel flowing through me from these are amazing im on my 4th one so far each one takes me about a week the thing is i like to stain them and make them have crazy ass finishes but loved the vido peace love and light
The lanyards should be in the middle of the handle not on the back. Having the tie in the middle allowed a faster drop and was actually used by ancient Hawaiian fighters.
That piece was one of my biggest challenges to date, my first time inlaying pearl and working with the fossilized teeth was more then I expected 😅 but some long hours and it turned out beautiful, was very happy with it... which is awesome cause I was nervous as heck haha
My two favorites are the sawfish bill sword and the first Lei O Mano you showed. The inlay on the pommel was beautiful. If I had to pick one though I would have to go with the Lei O Mano
The sawfish sword was a blast! A fun build and did some good damage to my block of ballistic gel. That lei o mano was my most recent piece and was actually my toughest project yet. Leave it to natural materials to humble me all over again 🤣
Love the Lei o mano which you most recently completed, but all are awesome and love your craftsmanship. As a side note, I really like the lashing on the first pahi kaua.
@@KoaStudio yeah I get it. The first time I did a toki lashing it was driving me crazy and not to mention doing a snood lashing was something from the Matrix!!! 😂🤣😂
The Lua looks similar to a double-edged sword used in Europe. And I always wondered what would happen if the Koa Warriors went up against the Aztec Arm they had similar weapons to yours. Accept they used obsidian.
@@KoaStudio Cool, I have another question? The Aztecs lined their warclubs and lances with obsidian shards and held them together with pitch glue. Your people lived on volcanic islands. Was obsidian available in Hawaii? And how come you lash your shark's teeth on the wood like shoelaces instead of just glueing it as the Aztecs did?
Funny enough but I grew up in Hawai’i but don’t actually have any Hawaiian ancestry. I do have Mayan ancestry haha, funny how things work out 😅 obsidian can be found on the island chain but is highly un common and almost never used. Obsidian is formed from silica rich lava flows which do not occur in Hawai’i except for in one spot. The Hawaiian people largely used pegging and lashing to affix materials together rather then a pitch.
Slight correction; Lua is the ancient Hawaiian martial art that taught the *use* of all the weapons here that originate from Hawaii, while the Swordfish bill swords are called Pahi Kuah. But yeah, they *do* have a pretty similar shape.
@@KoaStudio I got intrested with the sailing history a few years back, and than some of the politics, but now I'm really into the weapons. I'm wanting to make an Ihe one of these days
I usually have my personal pieces mounted on the wall, always imagine which one I would grab if someone kicked the door down and the Nifo’oti is in the top 5 😅
That's great work buddy! I'm a flintknapper and have been making flint weapons for 20 years so I know the amount of time you've put into your weapons. Your attention to detail really sets your work apart. Some really brutal weaponry from that culture. Do you use obsidian as well?
Aloha! And thank you!! I have actually gotten some obsidian to mess around with but failed amazingly haha, haven’t attempted it again. Maybe one day I’ll get back into it. Flint knapping is a very impressive and awesome skill set. Would love to have more time to get more into it one day 🤙
Can you do some Tahitian war weapons. They have very interesting war clubs and war pickaxes that are about 7 feet long in length. Can you try and make that pls?
Shark teeth are a bit hard to get, I get mine from divers, collectors and fishermen. Koa I get from a few places, one of the main ones is koawoodworks.com
Not really, swordfish do hunt by “slashing” back and forth but it’s not slicing the fish, more just tearing. A lot of force applied to a fine edge(but not “sharp” edge). If you sealed it with a very hard metallic epoxy you could probably make it into a cutting edge. Otherwise it will cut by splitting more then slicing.
Crazy thing is my *favorite* pieces, your Pahi Kuah, are much more reliable than you probably think; I watched a documentary on Billfish recently that showed an incident in which a swordfish mistook the submarine Alvin for a threat of some kind, and *charged* it with its bill, getting into a crack, and *piercing* the super tough modern materials meant to keep water from leaking in so *deep* , that the poor swordfish got *stuck* , and Alvin was forced to *resurface* ! That means that unlike Iron, or even *Bronze* (contrary to popular belief, the latter is stronger than even mild *steel* , let alone Iron), swordfish bill is actually sturdy and strong enough to make a *reliable* two-handed sword out of, which's actually *possible* , as you know, since Billfish can grow to the point of weighing almost a literal *ton* . Just goes to show you that metal isn't *always* an upgrade. While I'm at it, I *disagree* with your conclusion that the two-handed Pahi Kuah must've been "ceremonial" for *two* reasons; reason 1, not *everything* that's appealing to the eye is "ceremonial". Sometimes people just wanna do some *displaying* with something, and sometimes people want something to be both functional *and* visually appealing. I don't think historical people were *any* different in that regard than we are. Reason 2; A Hawaiian warrior would doubtless be a lot more *fit* than you (and *most* modern people), and so would no doubt be able to handle the two-handed Pahi Kuahs greater mass and weight than you can, so just because it's heavier, *doesn't* mean it was "ceremonial".
What do you mean Bronze is stronger than Iron or mild steel? Give me some evidence that show that bronze is stronger than mild steel or iron. Just so you know ancient people are not stupid. If a better material becomes easier to produce, they will very much use it.
@@aurelian2668 check out Thegnthrands video demonstrating Bronze weapons against mild Steel armor, it'll show you as much. Technological advancement *isn't* a linear process; people were actually smelting Iron during the Bronze Ages, and they saw it was *inferior* to Bronze for making tools weapons and armor. The reason we went from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age is because the Copper/Tin trade routes Bronze Age civilization getting *irreparably* disrupted left them with *no choice* but to start using Iron for the purpose in *spite* of that when they could no longer make Bronze, and it proved to be the *only* abundant metal they had access to that was *any* stronger than either Copper or Tin.
@@KoaStudio o consider it done, what about a kopesh or guando? What about anime/video game weapons in Samoan and Hawaiian style? Also you should definitely make a discord and or instagram
I take it you haven’t looked at my main page 😅 I have an Instagram account. I post everything I make there. Only some of what I make, makes it to my TH-cam. KoaStudio 🤙
I can make a video testing with them. To be honest I’ve seen them in old footage and archive images and has tough as the bills are they don’t really hold an edge so I’ve always wondered how they might have been used. That’s why I made the most recent one with lashing 1/3 of the way up. I imagined it would be used as a thrusting weapon that you could block and parry with. Then smash them in the face with a shark toothed guard 😁
Heck ya!! Hawaiian warriors fought largely up close hand to hand combat using an array of different weapons, shark tooth bladed weapons were very common!
The smaller bills are a bit more brittle than the larger ones, but similar to a regular sword, they seem to have a lot more strength along the edge then flat side. The most recent sword I made to me seemed to have the most function. Designed it for piercing like a short spear and parrying with the guard. I have tested a bit with the swords but not nearly as much. Getting good bills is a bit difficult 😬
A lot seem like they are decorative or ceremonial rather than proper weapons. A barbed sword is not a good thing, you can do enough damage by just putting a blade through somebody and they tend to stick in bone and between ribs and are hard to retrieve anyway. Stick a knife through a joint of meat with a bone in and see how hard it is to pull out. Perhaps they were used in duels and people fought wearing not much clothing. On a battlefield these would be rubbish, they are basically single use weapons apart from the smaller hand axe type things, but they are too short.
In ancient Polynesian, specifically Hawaiian warfare large scale battles between island nations were fought with wood, stone and shark teeth lashed weapons. They wore little to no body armor and many weapons were designed to leave shrapnel. The swords are the only pieces that are more decorative. Everything else was heavily used in actual combat with devastating results. Obviously wood weapons don’t beat metal. But neither do midevil plate armor beat modern ballistics. The warriors at the time and placed used what was available to them 🤙
@@KoaStudio Do you think the axes and maces would have had longer handles for battlefield use? They seem quite short, which puts you very close to the opponent and limits the power of the blow. I guess leaving even small shrapnel would probably cause death or a lot of damage before antibiotics, especially if they pulled it through something horrible first like a dead animal but that would take days. I have a old shillelagh made from hawthorn, it is like a lump of iron I would not like to be hit with it, wooden weapons can be brutal, but it is about three feet long so it can also be used in both hands to block and disarm. Otherwise you would be at a massive disadvantage facing an opponent with a spear, unless perhaps they used a shield in the other hand? Spears are the most effective close combat weapon.
Spears yes, side weapons no. Spears are only effective if you can keep a fighter away from you. As soon as they close the distance you need something else. That’s why the arming sword and Gladius were common side arms for pike and spear weilders on the other side of the world. Shark tooth weapons were used more like blades, less like blunt force. Hawaiian warriors heavily emphasized hand to hand combat so once range was closed. Close quarters weapons systems where preferred. Short clubs(wood and stone) were very common.
like, what on earth made you think this music is suitable? lol ... unmuted at the end just to check and it's even worse! are we looking at your creations or going to war ourselves? 🤣🤣
I’m sure I thought it was exciting at the time 😅 most of my videos I do voice over as I make each piece.. which I actually like less hahahah. But happy you enjoyed the pieces at least 🤙 mahalo nui!
The Lei o mano is going to ping pong some heads out here. These creations have so much Hawaiian culture imbued in them, it’s quite striking.
🤣 it does look a bit like a ping pong paddle on steroids, these are all made of Hawaiian koa which is a hard wood species that only grows in Hawaii. Being a hard wood they could do some damage with or without the teeth 😳
First thing I thought was dystopian ping pong. Table tennis becoming blood sport.😅
Outstanding craftsmanship; these weapons are straight up Badass!
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My favorite piece is the taiaha.
A group of Maori came to my middle school for a presentation. They showed off some of their weapons as part of that presentation; including the taiaha. I've thought they were really cool ever since.
Thank you for your videos!
The Taiaha is an awesome weapon, fun fact, the spear point is actually a “tongue” with the two inset pearl as “eyes”. Since it has eyes on both sides of the weapon it has no blind spots 👍
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How were teeth attached to weapons?
Any video that shows it?
I post the build of each piece, check out my channel 🤙
That fish hook club is so neat, nice and small, beautifully crafted.
There is something to say about light and fast! Mahalo plenty for the support 😊 fish hooks are found throughout all Polynesian islands and are pretty awesome!
I can not get over the coolness factor of these weapons!
Beautiful and deadly 😏
Everyone single one is a fine representation of culture and craftsmanship. They're very cool
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My favorite had to be the axe! Very cool way of using natural resources
Your work is honestly incredible!
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My favourite weapon is the Lei O Mano. I like this because it looks like a great in fighting weapon.
Talented AF. Beautiful deadly art
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Beautiful work . Would not want to be on the receiving end of these weapons in a a skirmish .
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fierce !!! ferocious … incredible
Yo great craftsmanship. This give me some inspiration for weapon crafting out of nonmetal materials.
Thanks you your recommendation on my comment on the previous video. It help me to actually find a book on Hawaii marital art and weapons.
-Favorite weapon would be the Lei o mano. It seems the most utilitarian.
I wonder if Hawaiians and Polynesian used shields or bucklers for protection or parrying.
The lei o mano and long spear are probably the two most iconic Hawaiian weapons. Hard to imagine going into hand to hand combat with one of those 😳
My favorite piece is the Hawaiian style axe and the niho lei o mano. All of your work is absolutely incredible what amazing craftsmanship.
I actually tested that niho lei o mano piece on some watermelons haha, just solid wood with tiger shark teeth, if the blunt force doesn’t take you out the teeth will leave a mark 😳
Nature can do it all,weapons,medicine,tools,clothing,and food too eat.
Amazing work. A true artesan. Bravo sir.
Mahalo(thank you) the support!
Those are too fancy
I feel like that I feel at home with these weapons, and I feel like that I'm part Hawaiian because my dad used to live there as a kid growing up because of his parents moving across the nation.
The Ihe spears are my favorite they’re beautiful and a reminder of the Hawaiian spirit
I will be making a video soon just on the spears and testing with them 😁 hopefully the marlin to koa jointery holds up 😬
@@KoaStudio I’ll be on the lookout, post notifications on 😎🤙🏾 cheee
Pacific islanders must have huge hands. I couldn't grip those handles lol
I've made a nifo 'oti before but it was just made from pine. Mostly for looks. But since then, I've gotten a love for war clubs
Nice!
I love these weapons. I'm in the process of making a Lei o Mano (the long one) I don't have Koa wood(I live in east coast u.s.a) so I'm using pine. Sharks teeth are hard to come by so I'm using sea shells as a substitute(shaped and formed like sharks teeth). Its not gonna be meant to be used. It's will be for decoration. Mahalo for sharinging these awesome weapons.
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Most of my work I post, if you like see my build process check out some of my other videos 🤙
@@KoaStudio thanks 😊 👍
I love the Pahoa piece. But I also do like the Lei o Mano with the shark tooth and the shell in lay that was a nice touch.
Hard to beat the traditional lei o mano in design and function. A weapon made for one purpose and it did it well!
Where my Neolithic boys at! Who needs iron? When we have these bad boys! Come on Iron boy, tell us your weapons are cool! We have shark teeth on ours.
That Pahi kaua is the most beautiful "sword" I've ever seen. You can totally imagine it being the signature weapon of an anime hero.
I’ve broken more then one testing the pieces of n ballistics gel 😅
Incidentally, many aspects of Hawaiian culture are actually very *similar* to those of Japanese culture; the two even had a *brief* period of contact before their first contact with westerners.
Modern culture yes, ancient culture not so much. Japanese where not cross oceanic voyagers, and as far as I am aware there are no record of ancient Hawaiians traveling to the Japanese islands. Not that they couldn’t have but not enough to cause an influence of culture.
Amazing collection.... Im very jealous....🤜👊🤛🤝🍻👍🍻👍
😅 mahalo plenty!!!!
I love the Nifo’oti I want one so bad
Been some time since I made one, I’ll be making a new one in my up coming videos 🤙
I love the Hawaiian style axe and especially the pommel and lanyard keep up the great craftsmanship dude :)
Always happy to hear 😊🤙
for some reason i have been having all these dreams about these damn sticks i did not know what they where im a 36 year old white guy in america and i start dreaming about a stick i look it up and its this taiaha so i started carvinng them out of oak and ill tell you this the energy i feel flowing through me from these are amazing im on my 4th one so far each one takes me about a week the thing is i like to stain them and make them have crazy ass finishes but loved the vido peace love and light
The lanyards should be in the middle of the handle not on the back. Having the tie in the middle allowed a faster drop and was actually used by ancient Hawaiian fighters.
Depends on the balance and dimensions of the piece, some yes, some no. 🤙
The first niho lei o Mano is definitely the best. It has a really beautiful shape and structure.
That piece was one of my biggest challenges to date, my first time inlaying pearl and working with the fossilized teeth was more then I expected 😅 but some long hours and it turned out beautiful, was very happy with it... which is awesome cause I was nervous as heck haha
Niho Lei o mano is going in to battle with me! Beautiful work, I’d love to see your pieces in person some day :)
The Hawaiians where fierce warriors, it’s intimidating just holding them let along close combat! Thank you for your support!
My two favorites are the sawfish bill sword and the first Lei O Mano you showed. The inlay on the pommel was beautiful. If I had to pick one though I would have to go with the Lei O Mano
The sawfish sword was a blast! A fun build and did some good damage to my block of ballistic gel. That lei o mano was my most recent piece and was actually my toughest project yet. Leave it to natural materials to humble me all over again 🤣
Love the Lei o mano which you most recently completed, but all are awesome and love your craftsmanship. As a side note, I really like the lashing on the first pahi kaua.
Fun fact, lashing is like my least favorite part 🤣 that piece alone took something like 4-6hrs of just sitting in one spot lashing 😅
@@KoaStudio yeah I get it. The first time I did a toki lashing it was driving me crazy and not to mention doing a snood lashing was something from the Matrix!!! 😂🤣😂
The Lua looks similar to a double-edged sword used in Europe. And I always wondered what would happen if the Koa Warriors went up against the Aztec Arm they had similar weapons to yours. Accept they used obsidian.
That is interesting to think about! I actually made a combination piece mixing this two together. You should check that one out ya 🤙
@@KoaStudio Cool, I have another question? The Aztecs lined their warclubs and lances with obsidian shards and held them together with pitch glue. Your people lived on volcanic islands. Was obsidian available in Hawaii? And how come you lash your shark's teeth on the wood like shoelaces instead of just glueing it as the Aztecs did?
Funny enough but I grew up in Hawai’i but don’t actually have any Hawaiian ancestry. I do have Mayan ancestry haha, funny how things work out 😅 obsidian can be found on the island chain but is highly un common and almost never used. Obsidian is formed from silica rich lava flows which do not occur in Hawai’i except for in one spot. The Hawaiian people largely used pegging and lashing to affix materials together rather then a pitch.
@@KoaStudio Good to know bro!
Slight correction; Lua is the ancient Hawaiian martial art that taught the *use* of all the weapons here that originate from Hawaii, while the Swordfish bill swords are called Pahi Kuah. But yeah, they *do* have a pretty similar shape.
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I love the nifo'oti for sure, though it's hard to choose. I'm a sucker for the historys of all of them
The Polynesian islands have some of the most rich history and their warriors were no joke 😳
@@KoaStudio I got intrested with the sailing history a few years back, and than some of the politics, but now I'm really into the weapons. I'm wanting to make an Ihe one of these days
The Niho Lei o Mano is a beast of a club!! But my favorite has to be the Nifo'oti.
I usually have my personal pieces mounted on the wall, always imagine which one I would grab if someone kicked the door down and the Nifo’oti is in the top 5 😅
You should send the battle axe inspired one to Skallagrim!
I’d love to make him a piece if he was interested.
That's great work buddy! I'm a flintknapper and have been making flint weapons for 20 years so I know the amount of time you've put into your weapons. Your attention to detail really sets your work apart. Some really brutal weaponry from that culture. Do you use obsidian as well?
Aloha! And thank you!! I have actually gotten some obsidian to mess around with but failed amazingly haha, haven’t attempted it again. Maybe one day I’ll get back into it. Flint knapping is a very impressive and awesome skill set. Would love to have more time to get more into it one day 🤙
@@KoaStudio ain't it the truth there aren't enough hours in the day! Give knapping another try sometime I have a feeling you can master it.
Still have around 5-10lbs of it in a box haha, will give it a try sometime 🤙
Deadly bruz…!!!
수집 가치가 넘쳐나네요! 대단하십니다 !
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Can you do some Tahitian war weapons. They have very interesting war clubs and war pickaxes that are about 7 feet long in length. Can you try and make that pls?
Where do u get so many shark teeth & swordfish bills? I’d like to try my hand at making some of those lei o mano. 👍🏼👍🏼
Fishermen, divers and collectors
Aloha I love your work I make Hawaiian weapons out of cardboard one day I'll make a real Hawaiian weapons
Not a bad place to start 😁🤙
How make deadly shark weapons lol you teach me lol
Watch my videos and you’ll see 😅
Kia ora!
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Very inspiring! Love the taniko and taoka used. Beautiful whanau!
Chainsaw blade made of sharks teeth.
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Where do you get the shark teeth? And is there an online store to buy koa wood for clubs like these?
Shark teeth are a bit hard to get, I get mine from divers, collectors and fishermen. Koa I get from a few places, one of the main ones is koawoodworks.com
out of curiosity can Marlon or swordfish bill take and actual cutting edge?
Not really, swordfish do hunt by “slashing” back and forth but it’s not slicing the fish, more just tearing. A lot of force applied to a fine edge(but not “sharp” edge). If you sealed it with a very hard metallic epoxy you could probably make it into a cutting edge. Otherwise it will cut by splitting more then slicing.
Ihe is the best
It is pretty sweet 😁
Crazy thing is my *favorite* pieces, your Pahi Kuah, are much more reliable than you probably think; I watched a documentary on Billfish recently that showed an incident in which a swordfish mistook the submarine Alvin for a threat of some kind, and *charged* it with its bill, getting into a crack, and *piercing* the super tough modern materials meant to keep water from leaking in so *deep* , that the poor swordfish got *stuck* , and Alvin was forced to *resurface* ! That means that unlike Iron, or even *Bronze* (contrary to popular belief, the latter is stronger than even mild *steel* , let alone Iron), swordfish bill is actually sturdy and strong enough to make a *reliable* two-handed sword out of, which's actually *possible* , as you know, since Billfish can grow to the point of weighing almost a literal *ton* . Just goes to show you that metal isn't *always* an upgrade.
While I'm at it, I *disagree* with your conclusion that the two-handed Pahi Kuah must've been "ceremonial" for *two* reasons; reason 1, not *everything* that's appealing to the eye is "ceremonial". Sometimes people just wanna do some *displaying* with something, and sometimes people want something to be both functional *and* visually appealing. I don't think historical people were *any* different in that regard than we are.
Reason 2; A Hawaiian warrior would doubtless be a lot more *fit* than you (and *most* modern people), and so would no doubt be able to handle the two-handed Pahi Kuahs greater mass and weight than you can, so just because it's heavier, *doesn't* mean it was "ceremonial".
What do you mean Bronze is stronger than Iron or mild steel? Give me some evidence that show that bronze is stronger than mild steel or iron. Just so you know ancient people are not stupid. If a better material becomes easier to produce, they will very much use it.
@@aurelian2668 check out Thegnthrands video demonstrating Bronze weapons against mild Steel armor, it'll show you as much.
Technological advancement *isn't* a linear process; people were actually smelting Iron during the Bronze Ages, and they saw it was *inferior* to Bronze for making tools weapons and armor. The reason we went from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age is because the Copper/Tin trade routes Bronze Age civilization getting *irreparably* disrupted left them with *no choice* but to start using Iron for the purpose in *spite* of that when they could no longer make Bronze, and it proved to be the *only* abundant metal they had access to that was *any* stronger than either Copper or Tin.
Dude what about a katana made in Hawaiian style
O and a scythe and a pair of nun chaku (nunchucks)
I’ve most of that haha, just gotta search through my older videos 😅
@@KoaStudio o consider it done, what about a kopesh or guando? What about anime/video game weapons in Samoan and Hawaiian style?
Also you should definitely make a discord and or instagram
I take it you haven’t looked at my main page 😅 I have an Instagram account. I post everything I make there. Only some of what I make, makes it to my TH-cam. KoaStudio 🤙
Awesome video but the music is quite intense.
Like the circus, it’s in tents 😏
i want to buy where can i find this product
Check out my website to see what I have available or my Instagram.
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Where can I see those swords in action? I mean the sword fish swords.
I can make a video testing with them. To be honest I’ve seen them in old footage and archive images and has tough as the bills are they don’t really hold an edge so I’ve always wondered how they might have been used. That’s why I made the most recent one with lashing 1/3 of the way up. I imagined it would be used as a thrusting weapon that you could block and parry with. Then smash them in the face with a shark toothed guard 😁
rip and tear
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aloha mai kakou🤙🏽 I was wondering if you can make me one the (lei o mano) or if you had a online shop I can buy those
Aloha! I do do custom orders. Message me on Instagram if your interested 🤙
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Where do I buy these
Aloha! You can visit my website or send me a message on Instagram 🤙
i'm sorry, the fuck what? THEIR CLUBS HAD TEETH????
Heck ya!! Hawaiian warriors fought largely up close hand to hand combat using an array of different weapons, shark tooth bladed weapons were very common!
How strong are dead Saw and Sword Fish bills?
The smaller bills are a bit more brittle than the larger ones, but similar to a regular sword, they seem to have a lot more strength along the edge then flat side. The most recent sword I made to me seemed to have the most function. Designed it for piercing like a short spear and parrying with the guard. I have tested a bit with the swords but not nearly as much. Getting good bills is a bit difficult 😬
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Tongan battle club
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Do u sell or custom make some of your weapons
Aloha! Yes I do 🤙 I post all my items as I make them on Instagram if your interested, @koastudio
A lot seem like they are decorative or ceremonial rather than proper weapons. A barbed sword is not a good thing, you can do enough damage by just putting a blade through somebody and they tend to stick in bone and between ribs and are hard to retrieve anyway. Stick a knife through a joint of meat with a bone in and see how hard it is to pull out. Perhaps they were used in duels and people fought wearing not much clothing. On a battlefield these would be rubbish, they are basically single use weapons apart from the smaller hand axe type things, but they are too short.
In ancient Polynesian, specifically Hawaiian warfare large scale battles between island nations were fought with wood, stone and shark teeth lashed weapons. They wore little to no body armor and many weapons were designed to leave shrapnel. The swords are the only pieces that are more decorative. Everything else was heavily used in actual combat with devastating results. Obviously wood weapons don’t beat metal. But neither do midevil plate armor beat modern ballistics. The warriors at the time and placed used what was available to them 🤙
@@KoaStudio Do you think the axes and maces would have had longer handles for battlefield use? They seem quite short, which puts you very close to the opponent and limits the power of the blow. I guess leaving even small shrapnel would probably cause death or a lot of damage before antibiotics, especially if they pulled it through something horrible first like a dead animal but that would take days.
I have a old shillelagh made from hawthorn, it is like a lump of iron I would not like to be hit with it, wooden weapons can be brutal, but it is about three feet long so it can also be used in both hands to block and disarm. Otherwise you would be at a massive disadvantage facing an opponent with a spear, unless perhaps they used a shield in the other hand? Spears are the most effective close combat weapon.
Spears yes, side weapons no. Spears are only effective if you can keep a fighter away from you. As soon as they close the distance you need something else. That’s why the arming sword and Gladius were common side arms for pike and spear weilders on the other side of the world. Shark tooth weapons were used more like blades, less like blunt force. Hawaiian warriors heavily emphasized hand to hand combat so once range was closed. Close quarters weapons systems where preferred. Short clubs(wood and stone) were very common.
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What’s the wood like to work? It’s beautiful please send a few tons to:
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awesome vid, but drop the stupid suspenseful music, it's so damn annoying, I personally had to watch on mute
like, what on earth made you think this music is suitable? lol ... unmuted at the end just to check and it's even worse! are we looking at your creations or going to war ourselves? 🤣🤣
Good question 🤔 maybe both?
@@KoaStudio ha, yeah sorry, I just thought it was terrible, but music aside dude, those pieces are fucking awesome! beautiful work
I’m sure I thought it was exciting at the time 😅 most of my videos I do voice over as I make each piece.. which I actually like less hahahah. But happy you enjoyed the pieces at least 🤙 mahalo nui!