quarter staff?

[Eddie Smith]

I once found a site that sold quarterstaves in all kinds of wood. can't find it now, anyone know where i can find a site like this or one that sells good quarterstaves?

[kyle cook]

Here is a staff i found and use at class here in Houston.
http://www.karatedepot.com/wp-bo-03.html

Kyle Cook
ARMA North Siders

[Shane Smith]

Here is a staff i found and use at class here in Houston.
http://www.karatedepot.com/wp-bo-03.html

Kyle Cook
ARMA North Siders

If these are the same ones Kyle provided for the Houston Event last year, they're pretty tough and hold up just fine.

[Matt Bryant]

I also have a similar problem. The vast majority of staff-selling sites don't have anything over 6'. We have been able to find a site that had 7' staves, but (barring purple heart) we can't find anything longer. Have any of you fellows been able to?

[Nathan Dexter]

If you could get in touch with a good lumber company, thay probably have poles you could use. Things like handrails, and possibly closet rods. (though it might be hard to find closet rods in anything other than pine)

[Jason Taylor]

I don't know what length you're looking for, but I think some of the old Cold Steel waxwood staffs are still floating around on eBay. But I'm not really sure that waxwood counts as a hardwood--it's way tougher than any other staff I've come across, though.

Jason

[Will Adamson]

I'm sure someone has tried a screwed together one like a pool cue. If you could get the tolerances within reason, and could solve the spontaneous unscrewing problem, I don't see why this woudn't make it possible to make as long of a staff as you would want.

[Matthew_Anderson]

If you could get in touch with a good lumber company, thay probably have poles you could use. Things like handrails, and possibly closet rods. (though it might be hard to find closet rods in anything other than pine)

Yeah, it's hard to find already milled hardwood poles of a good length. I found an 8 foot piece of maple that was about 2" by 6". I ripped it to about 1 3/4" square, then ran it through the table saw 4 more times with the blade at a 45 to end up with an octagonal blank. Then I rounded off the edges with a block plane, sanded it a bit and ended up with a pretty nice staff that has held up for quite a while although it has a certain "rustic" look due to finishing it by hand. I've used it as a spear shaft as well, with a closed cell foam spear head taped on for sparring. I think the ideal thing would be to find the right sized sapling of white oak, or whatever tough hardwood you can find and shave it down after a good drying. You should end up a with a strong, resiliant staff that way.

[Matthew_Anderson]

I'm sure someone has tried a screwed together one like a pool cue. If you could get the tolerances within reason, and could solve the spontaneous unscrewing problem, I don't see why this woudn't make it possible to make as long of a staff as you would want.

I have one like that which I call my "travel staff". It is actually a recycled flag pole, with a strong brass threaded barrel section in the middle. I think the wood is ash. It works great, never loosens up and fits in my golf bag easily when broken down. Unfortunately, it has warped a bit over the last couple of years.

[Will Adamson]

Well then you can hit someone from behind or make a bow out of it.