I saw some shillelaghs in a museum in Ireland that were also enhanced with an iron "nub" on the ball end and an iron point on the shaft ... also in the same display were several versions of a "disc mace". Slap 'em together and you've got the "Drunkard's Gaffi Stick" ... lol.
Don't stress about the stick breaking. Normally, for a good walking stick, you gotta let it dry out for months or even a year before it's dry enough to be worked
In order to raise more money for the channel, you should auction off some of the items you have made. There are several I would LOVE to get my hands on.
An additional thought comes to mind... if the Tusken Raiders made these weapons from wood, where did they get the wood from? I thought their planet lacked such vegetation.
In the Star Wars universe, the haft is made of a hollow durasteel tube. The entire weapon is made of metal, which they scavenge from human technology. Before that, they probably would've had to use bantha bone. As the other guy says, though, Disney just puts trees on Mustafar and Tatooine without thinking about it.
2:45 if I recall correctly (and someone please feel free to yell at me if I’m wrong) but im pretty sure the tusken raiders are rather adverse to modern technology, so I guess it’s fitting.
The spike gives an ability to penetrate armour. The blunt head around the spike prevents overpenetration resulting in a stuck weapon; the blunt head also provides some insurance in case the spike doesn't hit the mark on a moving target, in the form of bludgeoning the target off-mark. Actually not a crazy design.
I looked up the totokia, and there seem to be a few variations, just like how the Gaffi stick is portrayed in the films and Book of Boba Fett. There are some with a very straight handle, and some with a slight forward curve like the recreation showcased here. I'd wager the straight style is probably more balanced and easier to handle with the bottom spike when you switch up to do thrusts, whereas the forward curve style is a bit better suited for the hammering motions with the club part. Either would the job done, it's a freaking spiked club on a stick, and no one is gonna walk off a clean hit to the coconut(s).
I've seen Jörg Sprave fromt he Slingshot channel talk about drying many of the wood pieces he finds and uses for slingshots in the microwave. Obviously here not an option but might be worth keeping in mind. What a nice club but I couldn't stop wondering how "edge"- (or maybe spike-?) alignment pans out in my hands... (probably unusable lol)
@@KaijuBiologist Obsidian has extremely sharp points due to its traits that allow for it to break with barely any atoms in width forming the edge, however it is also very fragile. Weapons made from it are expected to break. Whether they're made into swords or spiked clubs, the edges shatter on hit with the shards sticking into the person. This makes these weapons basically consumables.
If you made another from dryer wood it may help to tightly lace some leather at the joint and let the leather finish drying on the tool so it binds the wood joint tight. Excellent job on making the tool and testing it.
I would make one of these the size of me. And for the knock over cap, I'd use a metal spike head. Like a metal cone for the club spike, and on the other side, I'd have a Tri-Point spear head with two 'fins' behind that to stop the weapon from getting stuck in the target. It would be as tall as me, could be wielded as a short staff, a club, or short spear. It would be a fun, fun design.
When you are needing to use 'moist' wood poles that might split like that, try putting a hose clamp every hands-width or so along the weak part. Keep the hose clamp tight, and it'll add a ton of strength.
It is a stick! I'd have to look through some of the Essential Guides to find what it's meant to be made of, but I'd assume it'll be bones and some metal that the Tuskens scavenge or trade for. Not much wood on Tatooine, but there are some rather large animals, like the Banthas - the big hairy sci-fi cows that Tuskens keep. The sticks are also self-made, so I'd expect some smaller modifications to make them more comfy for the particular wielder.
Historically a heavy object focused to a point was very successful especially against plate armor it was one of the few things that could punch through it.
The short version you wind up with at the end is about the size of a war club used by many Native American tribes in the US and northern Mexico. There may also be analogues for the rest of Mexico, Central America and South America, however I don't know about them. I do know from having Potawatomi ancestors, that clubs of that type were very prevalent in North America. Ranging from forearm length to torso length in size. And even after the introduction of steel and iron hatchet, axe and tomahawk heads, war clubs were still used.
so not saying you built it bad, its great. i think for the end spike, it would of been better of rather than drilling through the wood and putting a metal spike it, it would of been better to make the metal spike rod, drill the hole into the metal, then put the wood in. maybe use some glue, then some nails or such all the way through, then a leather wrap to cover those bumps for comfort, cause those bumps may be uncomfy on the hands when holding the metal part. but this was a really good build either way.
The gaffi stick looks more like a weapon we use here in South Africa. Called a Knobkerrie, it looks almost exactly like the gaffi stick and is used in a similar fighting style.
I remember how much trouble you had finding decent size wood for the kanebo video so I was wondering how you would make a full sized Gaffi stick. Turns out you cheated and just made it half size and made up for it with an extended metal butspike! Now that is creativity. Great Job!
That Tyranth's Initial Thoughts Score is pretty good. It's like the rules of fire: Think, Wait, Act, Talk about it (very clearly down the phone to the fire brigade)
This looks amazing. I ones had a stick that would have made a perfect one, as well. Alas, I had to leave it behind when I moved. I'm very impressed with the construction and performance I'm glad to see a classic SW do so well
I think the spear end is recoverable. just get some copper pipe just smaller than the diameter of the stick, heat it up so it expands a bit, and press it around the end of the wood part. when it cools off it will tighten. Some wood glue or epoxy would not hurt either.
You can tell just by looking at a gaffi stick that it would work really well as a weapon. It's an upsized shillelagh with a spike on the knobbed end and a short-spear attached to the end as a bonus. You can club people with it, you can stab them and slash them with the spear end, and if you get good it's also a war pick. This is the sort of weapon your DM bans players from taking in D&D, because it's too mechanically superior.
If you use the word "gourd" you'll never be wrong when referring to those fruit. And yes, it's a fruit because it's full of seeds. AND YES, all fruits are vegetables.
The Gaffi sticks in Star Wars weren't technically based on the totokia, back then real totokia were so cheap that the crew bought a bunch of original antiques and added to them to make the props. So they actually were the real deal just with some metal bits stuck on to make them look sci-fi.
With several of the things about the Gaffi is that they can also be all metal there which would make sense since there isn't as much vegetation of Tattooine...
Only way I can think of to improve the weapon would to be fix the durability issue by making it all metal if there is a metal that's light enough that it won't hamper usability too much but also still durable enough that it won't easily bend/snap (granted unlike a sword I don't think a weapon shaped like this or as thick as this would snap without some serious pressure being exerted on both ends of the stick (more or less something like a hydraulic press...I doubt a human's strength alone would be enough to snap it, bend maybe)). If you could find a way to attach a spike to the bottom without drilling a hole into it (which would compromise the integrity of the weapon near where the metal spike is as said metal spike will be pushing against the wood from the inside in all directions which will eventually lead it to cracking the wood) then maybe that could work with a wooden gaffi stick too so that a all metal one wouldn't be needed to make it much more durable. Could also just carve the spike from the wood itself too I guess until it's sharp enough to puncture through flesh (which is what I'd kinda imagine the gaffi staff should've been like tbh).
Most wood handled tools mounted with a tang would also have a metal collar or ring where the tool meets the handle to keep it from splitting out or its socket mounted and the metal is fitted over the end of the handle. Respect to you for machining out a piece of aluminum from scratch. But if I were going to make something similar to test I would probably go buy a garden hoe, straighten out the end and cut off the flat part of the blade
1) wrong wood: it appears the Totokia is made out of a heavy dark wood, but given your budget constraints (and how hard it is to work with) a softer wood is to be expected. It was a point of failure though. And the quick treatment didn’t help. 2) size: the Totokia were usually smaller weapons but the gaffi stick is longer, so more wood for the handle, more metal for the butt. It is a trade off though since it would get better at stabbing but worse as a hammer/warpick/mace. 3) blades: in addition to the spike at the bottom for stabbing most gaffi sticks have blades (four usually) so the end on a miss can still be drawn back to cut, or stabbed in to make an even more vicious hole. Still pretty cool build, I’d like to see a properly treated version 2.0
A simple Gaffi stick. But a lot of them also have blades around the buttspike giving it an axe-like blade. Even if it can’t cut like an axe those could likely still give a good slash.
The gaffi stick is basically a shillelagh, and that's why it's good. Also 'I don't know what just happened; where'd the coconut go?' And that's how Tyranth won the battle and invented the game of golf at the same time.
The Gaffi stick could also be thrown, much like a rabbit stick, albeit a very large one. A skilled practitioner could probably throw the stick over short ranges with incredible force and accuracy.
It's an interesting observation that no matter how much we work to improve weapons and armor throughout history, a good stick is always an excellent choice, even in a sci-fi/fantasy setting. The ability it concentrate a lot of blunt (or piercing) force on a single point using simple leverage remains effective. Hooray for physics! What's really fascinating about gaffi sticks is how flexible they are to use. You can use it as a club, a spear, and staff. None of which decreases its effectiveness. The people of Fiji came up with an incredible weapon and the people behind Star Wars made it even more effective. That's probably the first time a film crew improved a weapon instead of making it worse. Now you've got me wondering if there are true combat ready gaffi sticks available for purchase. I'd certainly like to have one for self defense.
It's sobering to think that more creatures have been felled by the simple club, than there are people who have 💀 in all the wars, in all the world, from the very beginning of Mankind. 💪 _The Godfather of Weapons._
To improve security, was it normal to bind the connection? Like using metal bands, rope, or leather, to keep the spear end in place. That just something I don't hear a lot of but it seams like it would be a simple task.
I'm interested on how easy it is to actually to hit with the spike? The handle being weirdly shaped and if the spike does not hit just right, I would guess the whole stick could get rolling.
its a stick with a bulge and spike on one end and a spike on the other so the only two things matter making it good or bad the user doesn't count so are good at it while others will suck evening it out so 1. the material and 2. the construction.
I had heard about the totokia origin though I didn't remember the name. I do recall when I originally heard the origin (I believe it was a BoBF behind the scenes vid) the biggest change for Star Wars was added length and blades or spike.
It wasn't until I heard the "Where did the coconut go?" that I realise this guy is _Australian_ . Maybe that is because he doesn't have a really broad one, instead an accent that really fits into my mind as "Normal".
You really ought to invest in a wire clamping device! It would have at the very least mitigated the risk of cracking at the joining between the wood and aluminium. And as a huuuge plus it would have added massive bonus points for looking great!👌 10/10 screen-testing!🙌 And may the Force be with you, always 🙏
I'm more impressed that Tyranth got through the words Moist Wood and Butt Spike without giggling.
To be fair, that could've taken a few takes.
😂
"Huuurr! Huur huuur huuuuuhr!!!" -- Shad and Tyranth, upon finding a really good STICK! (this goes on for hours)
Return to caveman!
Shad can in the words of Wade Wilson "Eat a bag of dicks". He's nothing but a clueless gatekeeper for HEMA
I intuitively read that with Tusken voice in my head.
Humanity- Invent high technology up to and including nuclear weapons.
Also Humanity- Return to Stick.
Every human male since the dawn of time has enjoyed finding a really good stick.
I mean, it's a safe bet to assume any long-hafted club made of good material is going to do exactly what it's supposed to: Hit things very, very hard.
Stick is good.
I think it's the penetrating point that really does the damage.
Simple stick is good
@@squelchotron8259 That thing would split your head like a melon even without a point. Clubs aren't jokes, my guy.
@@thisdude9363 True, but this is the same logic behind spiked maces, and much like this... a lot of those spiked maces... had a pointed pommel.
*Happy tusken raider noises*
And remember. The people of Fiji built those without metal tools. Never underestimate the lengths humanity will go to kill each other.
Why I laugh when people say we should ban this or that, if people want you gone, they'll do it with just a big rock, it doesn't matter to them.
In fairness they DID have tools... just,, they had to settle for razor-sharp pieces of volcanic rock and coral.
@@marhawkman303 That's why I said "metal" tools.
@@zaqzilla1 True. but carving wood with a sharp rock works pretty good. :D
@@zaqzilla1 The Fiji people built these in a cave! With a bunch of Scraps!
I saw some shillelaghs in a museum in Ireland that were also enhanced with an iron "nub" on the ball end and an iron point on the shaft ... also in the same display were several versions of a "disc mace". Slap 'em together and you've got the "Drunkard's Gaffi Stick" ... lol.
They'd sometimes hollow out the rounded end a bit and fill it with lead😮 I worked not want to get got with that stick.
Don't stress about the stick breaking. Normally, for a good walking stick, you gotta let it dry out for months or even a year before it's dry enough to be worked
also... a lot of real examples have iron bands wrapped on that part.
According to Star Wars lore de gaffi stick would have been made of scrap metal. So it might be more effective than this wood version.
This makes more sense
The points would be scrap metal (likely good quality steels), but the shaft and club head are clearly from a local hardwood.
@@littlekong7685 A local hardwood... on Tatooine? WHERE?
This is the comment I was looking for. Didn't want to repeat it.
@@EclipsisTenebris Exactly. NOTHING is made of wood on Tattooine, because trees on Tattooine are nearly nonexistent.
The Gaffi stick was also a Tuskens way to show their identity. Each one was unique. Personal. But either way: [Insert happy tusken raider noises]
In order to raise more money for the channel, you should auction off some of the items you have made. There are several I would LOVE to get my hands on.
Tbh Tusken Raiders were always one of my favorites growing up so it's awesome to see them have a good CQB weapon
5:25 "ive got a wonderful bunch of coconuts sitting in the roaddddddd. Some big, some small, SOME THE SIZE OF YOUR HEAD!"
Also... FORE!!!!
It is kinda star war's version of the gun stock war club. Look as the size and shape. It a melee weapon for those used to the dimensions of a rifle.
I love your practical approach to these tests.
A quick jab followed by a smack from the club just wrecks everything
You're really killing it with this channel! The editing, subject matter, and your crafting are a lot of fun to watch.
5:00 Tyranth: "I don't know what just happened. Where'd the coconut go?"
Me: "It disappeared!" 🤣
An additional thought comes to mind... if the Tusken Raiders made these weapons from wood, where did they get the wood from? I thought their planet lacked such vegetation.
it is shown in the book of boba fett that there is a tree he travels to during a spirutal journey to get the wood to make his personal gaffi stick.
That was so dumb though 😂but ye Disney ideas right@@kaijumaster5653
In the Star Wars universe, the haft is made of a hollow durasteel tube. The entire weapon is made of metal, which they scavenge from human technology. Before that, they probably would've had to use bantha bone.
As the other guy says, though, Disney just puts trees on Mustafar and Tatooine without thinking about it.
growing up on the ot on vhs, i always figured they cobbled them together out of stuff they scavenged and stole.
Disney is wrong, therw are no trees on tatooine and they're made from metal
Top notch commentary. "NO NO, NOT THE STICK!!"- Rafiki
I love melee weapons in Star Wars. Lightsabers are a classic, but I like the other weapons that every culture and planet has for normal people.
2:45 if I recall correctly (and someone please feel free to yell at me if I’m wrong) but im pretty sure the tusken raiders are rather adverse to modern technology, so I guess it’s fitting.
Was about commenting of how a Garfield the Cat Stick sounds indeed insane. But then I read the title again.
The spike gives an ability to penetrate armour. The blunt head around the spike prevents overpenetration resulting in a stuck weapon; the blunt head also provides some insurance in case the spike doesn't hit the mark on a moving target, in the form of bludgeoning the target off-mark. Actually not a crazy design.
I looked up the totokia, and there seem to be a few variations, just like how the Gaffi stick is portrayed in the films and Book of Boba Fett. There are some with a very straight handle, and some with a slight forward curve like the recreation showcased here. I'd wager the straight style is probably more balanced and easier to handle with the bottom spike when you switch up to do thrusts, whereas the forward curve style is a bit better suited for the hammering motions with the club part. Either would the job done, it's a freaking spiked club on a stick, and no one is gonna walk off a clean hit to the coconut(s).
I've seen Jörg Sprave fromt he Slingshot channel talk about drying many of the wood pieces he finds and uses for slingshots in the microwave.
Obviously here not an option but might be worth keeping in mind.
What a nice club but I couldn't stop wondering how "edge"- (or maybe spike-?) alignment pans out in my hands... (probably unusable lol)
Ah, the Fijians figured out how to make a budget warpick. Not bad for only having wood.
They also have coral and volcanic rock. Not the same as iron, but... not to be underestimated.
@marhawkman303 and if they have volcanic glass, they also have nice beyond razor sharp blades, too.
@@KaijuBiologist Obsidian has extremely sharp points due to its traits that allow for it to break with barely any atoms in width forming the edge, however it is also very fragile. Weapons made from it are expected to break. Whether they're made into swords or spiked clubs, the edges shatter on hit with the shards sticking into the person. This makes these weapons basically consumables.
If you made another from dryer wood it may help to tightly lace some leather at the joint and let the leather finish drying on the tool so it binds the wood joint tight. Excellent job on making the tool and testing it.
I would make one of these the size of me. And for the knock over cap, I'd use a metal spike head. Like a metal cone for the club spike, and on the other side, I'd have a Tri-Point spear head with two 'fins' behind that to stop the weapon from getting stuck in the target. It would be as tall as me, could be wielded as a short staff, a club, or short spear. It would be a fun, fun design.
When you are needing to use 'moist' wood poles that might split like that, try putting a hose clamp every hands-width or so along the weak part. Keep the hose clamp tight, and it'll add a ton of strength.
It is a stick! I'd have to look through some of the Essential Guides to find what it's meant to be made of, but I'd assume it'll be bones and some metal that the Tuskens scavenge or trade for. Not much wood on Tatooine, but there are some rather large animals, like the Banthas - the big hairy sci-fi cows that Tuskens keep. The sticks are also self-made, so I'd expect some smaller modifications to make them more comfy for the particular wielder.
it is shown in the book of boba fett that there is a tree he travels to during a spirutal journey to get the wood to make his personal gaffi stick.
@@kaijumaster5653 But that's disney, and I don't take anything they do seriously by this point.
Historically a heavy object focused to a point was very successful especially against plate armor it was one of the few things that could punch through it.
The short version you wind up with at the end is about the size of a war club used by many Native American tribes in the US and northern Mexico. There may also be analogues for the rest of Mexico, Central America and South America, however I don't know about them. I do know from having Potawatomi ancestors, that clubs of that type were very prevalent in North America. Ranging from forearm length to torso length in size. And even after the introduction of steel and iron hatchet, axe and tomahawk heads, war clubs were still used.
Yeah...the strike to the shoulder would definitely break the collarbone.
Stick good. Stick very good
Where do you find wood on Tatooine?
They're typically made from metal
I’m sure padmé knows
No where, that's why I think it's made of bantha or krayt dragon bones
@ScreenTested there's going to be sand involved, nobody wants that!
Been a while since I’ve seen the original trilogy, but I’m pretty sure there’s tree’s on tatooine.
great work as usual
so not saying you built it bad, its great.
i think for the end spike, it would of been better of rather than drilling through the wood and putting a metal spike it, it would of been better to make the metal spike rod, drill the hole into the metal, then put the wood in. maybe use some glue, then some nails or such all the way through, then a leather wrap to cover those bumps for comfort, cause those bumps may be uncomfy on the hands when holding the metal part.
but this was a really good build either way.
Hmmm... Space stick.
The gaffi stick looks more like a weapon we use here in South Africa. Called a Knobkerrie, it looks almost exactly like the gaffi stick and is used in a similar fighting style.
The music choice for the timelapses is always so good!!! Such a chill vibe
I remember how much trouble you had finding decent size wood for the kanebo video so I was wondering how you would make a full sized Gaffi stick. Turns out you cheated and just made it half size and made up for it with an extended metal butspike! Now that is creativity. Great Job!
The physical comedy and the deadpan delivery are delightful.
It's basically a quarter staff, mixed with a knotted club, mixed with a war pick. all of which are basically used identically
Awesome video Tyranth.
That Tyranth's Initial Thoughts Score is pretty good. It's like the rules of fire: Think, Wait, Act, Talk about it (very clearly down the phone to the fire brigade)
Can’t wait for Tyranth to invent a new energy source so he can test the blaster.
came for the testing, subscribed for the commentary!!
i can't, you're so unintentionally funny.🤣🤣 I really love your content so far. Keep going, can't wait for more.
This looks amazing. I ones had a stick that would have made a perfect one, as well. Alas, I had to leave it behind when I moved.
I'm very impressed with the construction and performance
I'm glad to see a classic SW do so well
I think the spear end is recoverable. just get some copper pipe just smaller than the diameter of the stick, heat it up so it expands a bit, and press it around the end of the wood part. when it cools off it will tighten. Some wood glue or epoxy would not hurt either.
You can tell just by looking at a gaffi stick that it would work really well as a weapon. It's an upsized shillelagh with a spike on the knobbed end and a short-spear attached to the end as a bonus. You can club people with it, you can stab them and slash them with the spear end, and if you get good it's also a war pick. This is the sort of weapon your DM bans players from taking in D&D, because it's too mechanically superior.
If you use the word "gourd" you'll never be wrong when referring to those fruit. And yes, it's a fruit because it's full of seeds. AND YES, all fruits are vegetables.
Tyranth just seems like a cool dude
The Gaffi sticks in Star Wars weren't technically based on the totokia, back then real totokia were so cheap that the crew bought a bunch of original antiques and added to them to make the props. So they actually were the real deal just with some metal bits stuck on to make them look sci-fi.
i love what you do here but as a woodworker, seeing how you handled that piece made me physically react
a single solid spike on a long handle with weight behind it always seems like a winner.
stick + spike(s)= best stick?
With several of the things about the Gaffi is that they can also be all metal there which would make sense since there isn't as much vegetation of Tattooine...
Only way I can think of to improve the weapon would to be fix the durability issue by making it all metal if there is a metal that's light enough that it won't hamper usability too much but also still durable enough that it won't easily bend/snap (granted unlike a sword I don't think a weapon shaped like this or as thick as this would snap without some serious pressure being exerted on both ends of the stick (more or less something like a hydraulic press...I doubt a human's strength alone would be enough to snap it, bend maybe)).
If you could find a way to attach a spike to the bottom without drilling a hole into it (which would compromise the integrity of the weapon near where the metal spike is as said metal spike will be pushing against the wood from the inside in all directions which will eventually lead it to cracking the wood) then maybe that could work with a wooden gaffi stick too so that a all metal one wouldn't be needed to make it much more durable. Could also just carve the spike from the wood itself too I guess until it's sharp enough to puncture through flesh (which is what I'd kinda imagine the gaffi staff should've been like tbh).
That wasn't catastrophic failure, that was spontaneous redesign! Wrap the wood where the butt spike is.
It’s solid weapon, especially when made from mythical hyper durable wood
Great job and thanks for the video
Most wood handled tools mounted with a tang would also have a metal collar or ring where the tool meets the handle to keep it from splitting out or its socket mounted and the metal is fitted over the end of the handle.
Respect to you for machining out a piece of aluminum from scratch. But if I were going to make something similar to test I would probably go buy a garden hoe, straighten out the end and cut off the flat part of the blade
Those tusken episodes of book of Boba Fett where the best of the series. Glad this weapon got some attention and love 😁
1) wrong wood: it appears the Totokia is made out of a heavy dark wood, but given your budget constraints (and how hard it is to work with) a softer wood is to be expected. It was a point of failure though. And the quick treatment didn’t help.
2) size: the Totokia were usually smaller weapons but the gaffi stick is longer, so more wood for the handle, more metal for the butt. It is a trade off though since it would get better at stabbing but worse as a hammer/warpick/mace.
3) blades: in addition to the spike at the bottom for stabbing most gaffi sticks have blades (four usually) so the end on a miss can still be drawn back to cut, or stabbed in to make an even more vicious hole.
Still pretty cool build, I’d like to see a properly treated version 2.0
A simple Gaffi stick. But a lot of them also have blades around the buttspike giving it an axe-like blade. Even if it can’t cut like an axe those could likely still give a good slash.
The Gaffi staff is also heavily inspired from Masai's Rungu clubs from Africa, it's a similar design throughout the world
The gaffi stick is basically a shillelagh, and that's why it's good.
Also 'I don't know what just happened; where'd the coconut go?'
And that's how Tyranth won the battle and invented the game of golf at the same time.
Maybe build a larger footprint for Tony so he doesn't fall so often.
Bluey isn’t how I remembered it!
That thing looks like it'd snap a sword or spearhead in an instant made from the right material and in the right hands.
"Uh... Tony got a bit wet" LOL
he hasnt had a bath in months so hes fine with it
The 2nd vid of yours & have watched & am now a subscriber. Love that you make these weapons as well as use them, keep up the good work
The Gaffi stick could also be thrown, much like a rabbit stick, albeit a very large one. A skilled practitioner could probably throw the stick over short ranges with incredible force and accuracy.
Here's the usual full support for channel growth and algorithmic black magic.
Well, i think a spiky mace can be more effective, because it has spikes around the tip and doesn't have to aim the point in the middle of the fight,
Always reinforce the weak points, bands or pipe clamps will do.
Great work!
It's an interesting observation that no matter how much we work to improve weapons and armor throughout history, a good stick is always an excellent choice, even in a sci-fi/fantasy setting. The ability it concentrate a lot of blunt (or piercing) force on a single point using simple leverage remains effective. Hooray for physics!
What's really fascinating about gaffi sticks is how flexible they are to use. You can use it as a club, a spear, and staff. None of which decreases its effectiveness.
The people of Fiji came up with an incredible weapon and the people behind Star Wars made it even more effective. That's probably the first time a film crew improved a weapon instead of making it worse.
Now you've got me wondering if there are true combat ready gaffi sticks available for purchase. I'd certainly like to have one for self defense.
2:58 the song choice here is S Tier
Basically a polearm, more primitive, less refined, so its pretty darn good.
2:08 please never say those two words
I liked Forged in Fire, too. Nice episode BTW.
Caveman stuff right here boys
It's sobering to think that more creatures have been felled by the simple club, than there are people who have 💀 in all the wars, in all the world, from the very beginning of Mankind.
💪 _The Godfather of Weapons._
To improve security, was it normal to bind the connection? Like using metal bands, rope, or leather, to keep the spear end in place. That just something I don't hear a lot of but it seams like it would be a simple task.
The hit on Touy's sholder would have shattered his collar bone.
Thats an amazing display of crazy power on that coconut. That thing got lobotomized lmao
I'm interested on how easy it is to actually to hit with the spike? The handle being weirdly shaped and if the spike does not hit just right, I would guess the whole stick could get rolling.
I'm always looking forward to the T.I.T.S. at the end!
"We don't need to buy Gaffi stick, we've got Gaffi stick at home!"
probably a VERY good Zombie weapon, won't go blunt, chip or bend, nor so likely to get stuck.
its a stick with a bulge and spike on one end and a spike on the other so the only two things matter making it good or bad the user doesn't count so are good at it while others will suck evening it out so 1. the material and 2. the construction.
Tyranth might get easily startled but he will be back in greater numbers.
I had heard about the totokia origin though I didn't remember the name. I do recall when I originally heard the origin (I believe it was a BoBF behind the scenes vid) the biggest change for Star Wars was added length and blades or spike.
It wasn't until I heard the "Where did the coconut go?" that I realise this guy is _Australian_ . Maybe that is because he doesn't have a really broad one, instead an accent that really fits into my mind as "Normal".
You really ought to invest in a wire clamping device!
It would have at the very least mitigated the risk of cracking at the joining between the wood and aluminium.
And as a huuuge plus it would have added massive bonus points for looking great!👌
10/10 screen-testing!🙌
And may the Force be with you, always 🙏
A totokia also appears in an old episode of Doctor Who (Tom Baker era, 1974 - 1981)
The “other end” in Book of Boba Fett doubles as both a spear and a mace.
If you want to get extra spicy with it Tuskens posioned the blade tip aswell 😄
Spiked shelleleigh does it's job. Not surprised
That bottle almost sounded like a .22 😂
My brain: "I am gonna watch this guy beat stuff up with a stick."