forest of dean redneck 11,183 Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 anyone made one? i fancy having a go,just wondered what sort of shape raw material i should be looking for, i know they was traditonally made from oak,then made from blackthorn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 anyone made one? i fancy having a go,just wondered what sort of shape raw material i should be looking for, i know they was traditonally made from oak,then made from blackthorn. holly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Des O'Neile 6 Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 traditonally made from oak I'm not so sure about that one but you don't really "make" them. Over years you could train one but more often than not you find them. I know of a couple of places where blackthorns cover maybe an acre or two. You get a canopy, maybe three feet thick, that tops straight sticks that are spaced out and usually upward of five feet tall. If it wasn't for the canopy you could easily walk through these uprights without touching them. Not every stick will have a root ball at the base that will lend itself to a fighting stick but quite often they do. A blackthorn stick thick enough to make a shillelagh is fairly rare. For about every fifty walking sticks you might get one shillelagh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wullz 408 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Thought you had to slegger them with butter and put them up a chimmney for years as well, to get the right colour? Think I read that somewhere..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,183 Posted May 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Thought you had to slegger them with butter and put them up a chimmney for years as well, to get the right colour? Think I read that somewhere..... I read that to,don't have a chimney though lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevmag 10 Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Blackthorn would be the best looking of all the shillelagh sticks from oak,holly or whitethorn. Take you time and you will find a blackthorn suitable, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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