2lb Kehoe Clubs

2lb Kehoe Clubs are copies made from an original Sim D. Kehoe club, which was 20 inches long and 2 pounds in weight.

Thanks to

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my friend the collector, who wishes to remain anonymous, for giving me access to this rare club which I copied to make the 2lb Kehoe Clubs.

I would also like to dedicate this video to my friend the collector, and Izzy Barish who always makes great Indian Club videos to music, so I thought I would follow in his footsteps and choose a track that I really liked.

Music

The music for this video is: Look Don’t Touch

Performed by: Hubert Sumlin

Album: Blues Guitar Boss

Video

19th Century

Kehoe designed and made these clubs in the latter half of the 19th century, just for the record in those days Indian Clubs were frequently made from greenwood, which basically means, freshly cut. Due to the fact that the wood was freshly cut, it contained a lot of moisture, and many of Kehoe’s early clubs have dried out over the years making them progressively lose weight over the years.

I made the 2lb Kehoe Clubs from Australian Oak, and they came out weighing 2 pounds, which is exactly like the original. When I first tried them I thought the handles were a little bit and narrow but after having swung them for a while I really like them. I have to admit that these clubs are an absolute delight to swing, and very different to anything else I’ve swung before. As you can see from the design of the weight mass is well away from the wrist, which creates excellent torque.

From a manufacturing point of view, the oak blanks weighed in at 7 pounds each, and the 2lb Kehoe Clubs weigh 2 pounds each. So you can see there is massive wastage here in manufacturing them.