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This is the result of a conversation with my granddad when I visited my grandparents in 1966, right after boot camp. I bragged about my accomplishments a bit too much I think. And so, he grinned and said "I'll put my money on an old man with a good shillelagh over some young toughs any day." We laughed, and I never have forgotten those words. Now I'm an old man, and I'll have a good shillelagh. Where are those young toughs?
This isn't traditional in several respects. I won't hang it in my chimney flu to darken it with soot, and neither will I stain it dark. The bark is too pretty. I won't round off the top more, because I don't want to remove that bark. The bark is really hard, and it's attractive to me.
The copper ferrule has not been cleaned and polished and the tip hasn't been installed.
I will finish it with a high-gloss finish, as much as I prefer the dull tung oil finish, just to have a traditional element.
This isn't traditional in several respects. I won't hang it in my chimney flu to darken it with soot, and neither will I stain it dark. The bark is too pretty. I won't round off the top more, because I don't want to remove that bark. The bark is really hard, and it's attractive to me.
The copper ferrule has not been cleaned and polished and the tip hasn't been installed.
I will finish it with a high-gloss finish, as much as I prefer the dull tung oil finish, just to have a traditional element.



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