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		<title>Whips #72 and #73</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/whips-72-and-73/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, finally, last week I had some free time to catch up on my commissions and I just finished the knot work late last night. I'm actually pretty happy with both of these, especially in comparison with the previous failure. 6' bulls made as a matching pair but going to two different individuals, 14" fiberglass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whip #71</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I was in school April or May, I was commissioned to make a whip for a martial arts instructor in the US. I eventually had some time to proceed in late may so I thought it would be a good time to try working with my spool of Dacron that I picked up last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whip #70</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2011/01/01/whip-70/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty busy the past couple of months. Only managed one whip build amongst all my other projects and the other demands of life. So I close out the year with whip #70, which is an 8' bull requested by a client. I used all of the fundamental techniques I had worked on with the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle Sticks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/10/31/battle-sticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my 5 year old likes to play fight, or "battle" as he calls it. Usually it involves me or his mom getting whacked with a toy sword or something. To tide him over before going out trick or treating, I figured I'd make a couple of training sticks out of pvc pipe and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bevy of Blanks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/10/22/a-bevy-of-blanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weather was still good so I decided to cut a bunch of stick blanks. 4 ash wood, 2 yellowheart, and 2 Indonesian kayu. Slowly building up the armory.]]></description>
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		<title>Yellowheart Sticks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/10/09/yellowheart-sticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning I bought some short hardwood boards, including a piece of yellowheart. I was quite anxious to work with the yellowheart and the weather today was perfect for working outside. I figured there may not be too many more days I can take advantage of before winter, so I spent this morning shaping two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead Headed Training Club</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/09/27/lead-headed-training-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had one last scrap piece of hickory left over from the original board I purchased a few months ago. It was 32" long, which was too short for a full walking stick, but I was inspired today after looking at other people's knot work to just make myself a light club with a lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birch Sticks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/09/18/birch-sticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine had some pieces of birch he was saving for bow making and he decided he wanted to use one for some sticks instead. The piece I used had lost a big chunk along about a quarter of one end but I managed to get two 38" walking sticks and two 28" [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whip #66</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/09/11/whip-66/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just under 8' bull whip, 10" handle, BB core, 8 and 12 plait bellies with a 16 plait overlay. This whip was made slightly over spec. A 7' single belly bull was requested, however I had a two belly core already made that I was saving to make an 8'-9' bull for myself. The person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hickory Sticks (The Fighting Irish Kind)</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/27/hickory-sticks-the-fighting-irish-kind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haven't had a ton of time to finish projects, although I did find time to make a couple of Irish sticks. 38" long made of hickory. The one on the right is my current practice stick, thin and light, but tough enough to bang with.]]></description>
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		<title>Bow #3</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/10/bow-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Partially successful. Made out of a 6' 1x4 maple board with a pyramid shape to the limbs and some scrap hickory glued on for the handle riser. I made the handle section slightly too long but it seems to be working well enough. The hickory adds a lot of necessary stiffening through the middle. Originally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloodwood &#8211; FAIL!</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/04/bloodwood-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure exactly why, but my bloodwood cudgel cracked while I was practicing with it today. I surmise that there was an inherent weakness in the wood grain and while I was whacking at a free swinging padded post  I managed to hit against a corner of that post. I was mildly upset about this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Tooth Weapons of Ancient Hawai&#8217;i</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/28/shark-tooth-weapons-of-ancient-hawaii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of the material of the book Warrior Arts and Weapons of Ancient Hawai'i is available on Google Books, including the chapter on the construction of shark tooth weapons. There was a recent episode of Deadliest Warrior that demonstrated a recreation of an Aztec war club made of wood embedded with obsidian that functions much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Stick Making 2 &#8211; Real Hardwoods</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/13/irish-stick-making-2-real-hardwoods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picked up a cheap bandsaw and some scraps of various hardwoods to mess around with. I wanted to see how my drawknife and spokeshave handled much harder woods than red oak or white maple. Today I made a short stick out of purpleheart and a longer but thinner stick out of hickory. I started one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Stick Fighting &#8211; Doyle Style</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/08/irish-stick-fighting-doyle-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the weekend has come and gone. I kinda miss it even though I was bone weary after the first day. I learned some good stuff and I think this particular style will suit me well. I described the system to someone as having no fluff and no techniques of dubious merit. Sifu Doyle is [...]]]></description>
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