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Detail of the finger-grooved, leather-wrapped grip.	Detail of the carved pattern on the leading edge.	Detail of the carved pattern on the trailing edge.

This gunstock war club is carved from a solid curly maple stock blank. The faceted stock forms a sharp diamond cross-section, and every edge and point creates a trauma surface.  The finger-grooved grip is wrapped in green leather and stitched with sinew thread. Wood and bone beads, a feather and a horsehair scalp lock adorn the ends, and over 50 brass tacks define the planes. The leading and trailing impact edges have received filed patterns along their full length.

The dag-shaped pierced steel blade is 7" long by 2" wide. The club is 36" long, 4" wide at the "butt", and 2" thick at its widest point.