Indian Ball Club

Cold Steels Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick has been a firm fan favorite since its inception. Its good looks, combined with its hard-wearing materials have made it an often imitated but never equaled classic! For 2016, we are proud to add a “little brother” to our line-up. A shorter, lighter model that we simply named the Blackthorn Shillelagh. Modeled after an ancient cudgel in Lynn C. Thompson’s private collection, the Blackthorn Shillelagh mimics the look, feel and balance of the original, but made from high-impact polymer that will withstand even the harshest weather conditions. With a handsome bark-like wood texture and raised “clipped thorns” on the shaft, and a highly polished faux-wood head, this good looking stick will be sure to turn heads – whether it is carried under your arm at a historical re-enactment event, or simply hung by the door to greet uninvited guests. Specifications: Overall Length: 27" Material: Polypropylene Weight: 20.1 oz Head: 2 3/4" This is an item from the Cold Steel program in 2016. From the experience of recent years with the new Cold Steel products, we know that there may be significant delays for some products before they are first delivered. Therefore, this notice is preserved in this product until we have received this item for the first time.

The new Pipe Hawk from Cold Steel with an overall length of approx. 48 cm and a hawk length of approx. 19 cm is made from 1055 Carbon steel. The handle is made of American Hickory. Do you prize the look and authentic lines of a traditional Pipe Hawk, but have little use for the hollow bowl and the strength-compromised, drilled-out wooden "smoking" handle? Well here is a Pipe Hawk without those disadvantageous features. Precision forged from 5150 carbon steel, the Pipe Hawk offers a long, reasonably wide cutting edge and a solid, fully hardened hammer poll that's turned and ribbed to mimic a hollow pipe bowl. Fitted with an approx. 48 cm long hickory handle and weighing approximately 737 g it's heavy enough to be brutally effective as a chopping tool and weapon plus its solid bowl will drive nails, spikes and stakes with the power of a framing hammer. Details: Weight: approx. 737 g Overall Length: approx. 48 cm Hawk Length: approx. 19 cm Blade Material: 1055 Carbon Handle Material: American Hickory The matching sheath has the number 82257.

"It´s unbelievable. We´re seeing eight to 10 bats break every game. Guys are coming back saying they hit the ball on the sweet spot and it still broke." This quote caught our President, Lynn C. Thompson´s attention. It´s from an article in the Los Angeles Times describing how frequently baseball bats break and nearly injure the players in major league games. The article chronicled the debate currently raging among players over which bat is better, those made of ash, which is lighter and slightly flexible, or those made of maple which is heavier and stiffer. As he read, Lynn began to suspect there might be a market for a baseball bat that just couldn´t be broken. What kid, let alone an adult, wouldn´t want an unbreakable bat? Now Cold Steel is proud to offer you our first forays into the manufacturing of athletic equipment, the Brooklyn Smasher® and the Brooklyn Crusher®. Because they´re precision injection molded out of heavy-grade polypropylene, these bats just can´t be broken. There´s no need to worry about shards of wood flying in your face. No matter what you hit or how hard you swing them, they just won´t break. And they´re durable too, they won´t rot, crack, or splinter, or even fade. You can treat them as roughly as you choose. You needn´t worry about dirt or the weather affecting them either since they´re impervious to the elements and clean up with soap and water. Try that with a wood bat and you might damage it. They´re versatile too. Like any other baseball bat, croquet mallet, golf club or hockey stick, they can be used in an emergency, as an extremely effective self-defense tool. You can keep one behind the front door, under the bed, or in a car trunk and forget about it until you need it. They can be used as game bats, practice bats, warm-up bats, loaner bats, inclement weather bats, school or league bats or kid´s bats. They can also serve as a cross over trainers to develop strength, agility and eye hand coordination for those studying Western Saber Fencing, Kendo, Kenjitsu, Filipino Stick and Sword Fighting and Chinese martial arts. Best of all, they make good economic sense. With a suggested retail price of $45 and $40 they´re comparable in price to good wooden bats, and since they´re unbreakable they will last far longer than any wooden bat on the market. Specifications: Weight: 2lbs. 7 oz.(Smasher) 2lbs. 1oz. (Crusher) Overall: 34" (Smasher) 29" (Crusher) Material: Polypropylene

One of the truths of close quarter combat is that a rifle, shotgun or musket can be an improvised club in the absence of suitable ammunition or a bayonet. It´s also true that an 8-10 lb. rifle, grasped by its long barrel and swung with both hands hits like a freight train and, if it doesn´t break, will crush bones like dry twigs and pulp flesh into jelly. American Indians in the early sixteenth century observed these facts and wasted no time in fashioning their own gunstock war clubs. These were made of specially chosen straight grain hard woods like Maple, Ash, Oak, Hickory or Hornbeam and weighed from two to three pounds. They hit with remarkable force and proved to be extremely lethal weapons as their hitting power was often enhanced by the addition of a short lance point or one or more knife blades. In fact, the Gunstock war club became so popular it soon migrated West to the Great Plains and even the Pacific coast where it endured as a weapon clear into the 1880´s and as a ceremonial and dance weapon to this very day. While there are a fascinating variety of historical examples we could have reproduced, ours was custom designed by blade smith Rich Mc Donald. He incorporated all the best features from our favorite clubs including the ridged centerline, a short lance point, and the classic "Fawn´s Foot" handle. To avoid the risk of cross grain breakage, we have abandoned the traditional hardwoods in favor of Polypropylene. As you may know, this material is highly resistant to shock and is practically unbreakable making it particularly suitable for use in this weapon. And as an added bonus, this material is highly resistant to the elements and won´t warp, rot, shrink crack or splinter the way wood does. For those interested in re-enacting various periods of our frontier history, we have given our weapon a very realistic wood grain finish. This means you can easily customize your club with "cut outs", brass studs, tacks, feathers, horse hair falls or the paint of your choice. Specifications: Weight: 22.1 oz. Overall: 29 1/2" Thickness: 1 1/2" Steel Blade: 3" Tall blued 1055 Carbon Material: Polypropylene