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Aloha!! Since 2012 i have worked with and crafted replica Polynesian weapons using traditional Hawaiian Koa wood, sharks teeth and other traditional materials with modern tools. Learning the craft from a talented carver on the Island of Oahu I grew to love the art, but over the years have been asked many times what these weapons can do. On this channel i will be excitedly sharing not just the creation process but the powerful weapons in use as I test their deadly potential! Mahalo nui(thank you very much) for joining me and enjoy!! Visit my Instagram to see my posts and website to see what I have available for purchase.
How Powerful are Tiger Shark Teeth!?
Testing the shark teeth to failure on this Hawaiian Lei o mano.
Available pieces for purchase on my website found at:
www.koastudio.net
Available pieces for purchase on my website found at:
www.koastudio.net
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I lost $1000 on this build?!
Просмотров 231День назад
Custom Lei-o-mano made from beautiful curly koa wood, mother of pearl inlay and tigershark teeth. Available pieces for purchase on my website found at: www.koastudio.net
My first Fijian Battle Club!
Просмотров 42328 дней назад
Making a Fijian inspired club from the Gugu design. Shaped from two different grains of curly koa wood. Available pieces for purchase on my website found at: www.koastudio.net Mahalo Nui!
Review of some of my Favorite ancient style weapons!
Просмотров 518Месяц назад
A review of some of my favorite pieces i have made over the years. Made from Koa wood, shark teeth, deer antler, obsidian and megalodon fossil teeth!
Knuckle Dusters: Hawaiian style!
Просмотров 454Месяц назад
Making 3 different Ku'e Ku'e lima lei o mano(knuckle dusters) from Koa wood, shark teeth and lashed spike. Other available pieces for purchase on my website found at: www.koastudio.net Mahalo Nui!
Custom made Hawaiian Style Sword!
Просмотров 5182 месяца назад
Making a custom Hawaiian style sword from Koa wood, tiger shark teeth and pearl inlay. Other available pieces for purchase on my website found at: www.koastudio.net Mahalo Nui!
Tested and damaged...They have been REMADE!!
Просмотров 5733 месяца назад
Re finishing 3 of my favorite pieces, will be available for purchase on my website found at: www.koastudio.net Mahalo Nui!
Native American style Bone Knife!
Просмотров 4884 месяца назад
Making a Native American style bone knife/dagger from a swordfish bill and Koa wood.
Dune Crysknife, may thy Knife chip and shatter!
Просмотров 5504 месяца назад
Making my version of a CrysKnife from Dune from a swordfish bill and koawood.
Monster Hunter weapon or Ancient Mesoamerican Greatsword?!
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Monster Hunter weapon or Ancient Mesoamerican Greatsword?!
Tiger Shark tooth Hawaiian Knife, a gift for a friend!
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Tiger Shark tooth Hawaiian Knife, a gift for a friend!
Re-Creating a 1000yr old Shark tooth Knife!
Просмотров 4127 месяцев назад
Re-Creating a 1000yr old Shark tooth Knife!
2023's Legendary Artworks: Discover the Favorites of Last Year
Просмотров 3967 месяцев назад
2023's Legendary Artworks: Discover the Favorites of Last Year
Do Shark teeth make for a good Blade?
Просмотров 6358 месяцев назад
Do Shark teeth make for a good Blade?
Custom Trident to Honor a Family Legacy!
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Custom Trident to Honor a Family Legacy!
How strong are traditional bone weapons?
Просмотров 6159 месяцев назад
How strong are traditional bone weapons?
Bone Dagger made from a Swordfish Bill!
Просмотров 8479 месяцев назад
Bone Dagger made from a Swordfish Bill!
Whale Bone Inlay and Shark tooth Knife - Part2(Finished)
Просмотров 84610 месяцев назад
Whale Bone Inlay and Shark tooth Knife - Part2(Finished)
Recreating a Historical Weapon: Unique Ancient Blade(Part2 - Finished)
Просмотров 22010 месяцев назад
Recreating a Historical Weapon: Unique Ancient Blade(Part2 - Finished)
Stone spear head with Shark teeth?!!
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Stone spear head with Shark teeth?!!
Making a Hawaiian Weapon for Skallagrim! - Part2(Finished)
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Making a Hawaiian Weapon for Skallagrim! - Part2(Finished)
Making a Hawaiian weapon for Skallagrim! - Part1
Просмотров 73711 месяцев назад
Making a Hawaiian weapon for Skallagrim! - Part1
Stone Slate knife and Wood sheath - Part2(finished)
Просмотров 17911 месяцев назад
Stone Slate knife and Wood sheath - Part2(finished)
Its amazingly coincidental that you just released this video. I was going to reach out to you about this! My dagger was coming together surprisingly well. I had just inset my teeth. I used these great looking dusky shark teeth. I was not aware how fragile the teeth were as they felt strong but I broke a root off one just trying to apply a little pressure to inlay it. I had to kinda change up my spacing to accommodate breaking one & its not too bad but now im terrified to attempt to drill the holes for lashing. I feel like if i break another tooth, ill habe to pull them all out & find different teeth. I only had about 9 of these dusky shark teeth & if i lose another ill have no more to replace it or match! Where do you aquire teeth?? I have a collection of ones ive found & come across but it took me forever to get enough that are matching enough in size, shark type & color and now im one break away from botching the whole project. I have a handful of tiger shark teeth but theyre all small & too small for dagger... Very long winded comment to ask, where do you get your teeth? Yours are all clean & white & seem to all match perfectly! Mine are a hodgepodge of colors & sizes & shark types! Like i said, now im at a point where if i break one more tooth it could ruin my dagger!
Not sure what type of teeth your using but sounds like they might be fossilized? Which are very brittle. I use mostly tiger shark teeth and yes. It does take me enormous amounts of time to collect. But I have been doing this for over a decade now and have collected a lot of teeth.
@KoaStudio that makes sense. I'll just keep collecting! They take forever to find!
you are the first channel i have found doing tests on these kinds of weapons
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I have been thinking about making one with teeth made out of metal!
Haha ya I have wanted to as well. But i don’t do metal work so it’s been a bit difficult 😅
It's the same concept of wood working, just a harder substance to work with! For me stone is hard to work with
it looks even better with the battle damage
how good would it cut a pool noodle
Good questions, i can try that in the future.
holy moly this is very informative, thank you :D
I cant remember where i heard it, probably some old school documentary. What about filling the teeth with a resin or sap to fill in the hollow areas.
Be hard to do effectively but if you could it would help.
That'll still break bones and rend flesh even with the teeth broken off (as you said).... be a medics nightmare to fix that kind of wound
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😂 I have yet to sell my first shark tooth thing I made. And your videos are pretty awesome and inspiring. So imma smash (or try to smash) through a bunch of giant zucchini tomorrow with it 🤣 stay awesome and keep up the great work. Always cool to see your builds. 😎👊🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Mahalo plenty 🤙
Give me my tooth brush back!
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sorry to hear that ,i suppose there are a lot of others doing the same thing but i,m sure someone will buy it later .🤙mahalo terry
Why doesn't the song sound... there is something off
Maybe you have it muted?
@@KoaStudio No, it doesn't sound like the original one
I left a comment with a bunch of questions on one of your more recent videos. This had alot of answers I was looking for as I attempt to make my first! I'm still curious as to what you are using for lashing?
Aloha, I use mostly what I can get. Recently been 2mm waxed sail cord. Which I twist into multi layer for the wrist strap.
@@KoaStudio thanks!! I'm just trying to find some good koa wood currently, hopefully can find some good pieces
@se7enbp I get most of my koa from koawoodworks.com 🤙
@KoaStudio thanks! Luckily I just found a place here on Maui called HLM that looks like it has a solid selection! Im going to run over tomorrow. I'd go today but closed on Sundays, haha
Aloha from Maui! Im currently working on a knuckle duster but with a Marlin bill dagger. I found some great Dusky shark teeth that have great color & are almost a hybrid looking tooth between a great white & tiger. I came accross your channel while looking for some lashing techniques. Do you have any videos where you clearly show your lashing? Also, are you just using hemp twine for lashing & a thicker one for the lanyard? Also, what are you applying to the thread before lashing, the long nose bottle. Looks like a clear liquid. Then lastly, ill keep looking but curious as to how best secure the marlin bill for the dagger. I was thinking maybe wooden dowl pegs & sand them smooth? Curious if you have advice! Love your stuff, great videos too!
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Beautiful.. btw i think i asked this but where do you get the teeth from?
Variety of places, mostly divers, collectors and fishermen.
do you sell unsold peacec ?
Some yes, on my website, KoaStudio.net
wow thats actually not bad im just curios how durable the wood is???but that is deadly sharp most budget steel couldn't do that...got to say pretty bad ass and thats coming from a mainlander
Koa is a hardwood, was traditionally used for canoes, weapons and the original surf boards.
Every toi tells a story eh! Awe! I still think it is tino ataahua! Great challenge Matua! Mauri ora
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Gorgeous piece despite all the bad luck🤙
Mahalo
It's still a beautiful weapon! I'd love to own it, but it's kinda pricey for me. I also make native American replica weapons, but I'm not as good at woodworking as you are. Good luck with that piece! I hope someone will buy it. 👍
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wananei! the grain, marking and oiled result is tino reka! mauri ora Matua
Dude, you make some truly awesome weapons!
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Excuse my ignorance, in Hawai'i we used Koa for alot of our weapons. What kine stuff was used in Samoa?
Koa is endemic to Hawai’i, meaning it only grows in Hawaii. In Samoa they would have used native hardwoods 🤙
Outstanding!
Beautiful piece of art
Not finished yet, full video be live in a few days 🤙
Absolutely gorgeous
Love the work. It's totally beautiful. Is koa available anywhere other than Hawaii?
It is endemic to Hawaii which means it only grows in one place.
Each carving there design and placement all have specific meaning and purpose. Carvings are designated and completed at time of last use , for example 1 curl (an unfolding fern) can represent a person…etc etc im no expert in all the details but definitely something I’d like to pursue further. If the story of this Taiaha were to have continued any appropriate carvings would have been added accordingly. Thank my mum for teaching me something of our New Zealand history. Kia Ora my Whānau Nui Puku
Badass!
Organic hybid of Axe & Club; wonderful craftsmanship.
Here on Big Island I am constantly inspired by the warrior history of the Island. Hope that I can earn enough money to create/craft replicas myself one day
What kind of wood did you use? It has excellent chatoyancy.
Koa wood 🤙
@@KoaStudio island wood. For historical accuracy and maximum vibes.
Now that’s a beautiful club
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Dang this guy needs to be more popular
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This looks cool
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Very impressive workmanship! Very impressive weapon!
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Yay "new" video lol, im so late.
Amazing content bro! Keep it up!!!! (not a bot i am a real person)
Thank you 🤙
aloha very nice work and the way you handle makes it look very dangerous . keep up the good work . terry🤙
Love this piece
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This is a really great build
i would call this wooden axe more then club
nice thing you make more unusual weapons ( unusual for europian ) i know nothing about fiji
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nice music
Ataahua ehoa! Beautiful! Like the exploring with the whao, chisels. Like the curved straight pattern. Grains are so sweet too! Mauri ora!
Best growth only happens when we move outside of our comfort zones 🤙 mahalo nui for the watch!
@@KoaStudio tautoko! For sure bro! I found myself a couple rakau, sticks to carve! Drying out and thinking through the blows to come! Thank you for the inspiration ano! Mauri ora!!
I’d love to see you do a Marquesan club
I’ll have to take a look at some designs 🤔
Nice work
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You make 💩 dumbed down versions of everything😂
I've always wondered what a Polynesian gunstock war club would look like...and now I've seen it on your wall! Have you ever thought about doing a Polynesian/spartan dory and kopis?
😅 I have not yet.