My new weapon

I just finished the next in my line of maple kobudo weapons. I've made a pair of nunchaku, a bo, and the newest addition are my tonfa. The handle I turned on my lathe, but my lathe is one of those small project kinds so I ended up shaping the main body entirely by spokeshave. I bought a brand new spokeshave for the task (dont tell my wife!) and it made the job a million times easier. There is something really satisfying about nearly transparent wood shavings curling out of a new tool while youre making something that you will get a lot of use out of.

Here is the overall view:
http://tinyurl.com/jn3at

And here is the ebony wedged tenon:
http://tinyurl.com/gjw89

The wedged tenon was a little more work to cut but the joint is more rock solid than any other joint I have ever cut. I really think this could take some serious impact and not come away wobbly.

Nice work!

yea, real nice

Nice work Bobby,

I bet it's really satisfying to complete such a beautiful weapon.

Keep up the good work. And enjoy using!

Lovely work there, well done and keep posting. If you havent all ready would be good to see your other weapons?

very tasty!