Survival: The Club - "Stick and stone will break your bones...."

There can come a time in your life, when you need to pick up a stick to solve a conflict (to your advantage)....
Tie a stone to your stick and the person on the receiving end can not help to get a what we in danish call: "Et indtryk i tilværelsen" ("Getting a profound, life changing experience").

But of course you can also use it to kill smaller animals or to whack branches of a tree (by hitting hard on the base of the branch)

 Here`s how it`s done:

Take a branch and split it, to prevent the branch to split more than desired you need to tie a cord around the spot you want the split to end. A constrictor knot is the best for the job!

A fresh branch is best, but you can also pick a not-so-fresh branch a
nd soak it in water for some hours: Same effect.

This should be enough......

See how the crack stops at the Constrictor Knot ?

Take a flat, oblong stone....

...and wedge it between the branches halves.

The stone will cause the branch to split further,
but the constrictor knot prevents that.

Wrap a length of paracord around the branch from the point where the crack ends and up:
This will prevent further cracks and press the two halves of the branch closer together:
Tighter fit for the stone!

Just  a standard cross lashing.

Figure eight lashing at the end/top...

Figure eight lashing at the end/top...

The stone is secured and it will take some effort to knock it out.

But just in case that happens: I sharpen one end, so the stick I`ll stand with is a pointy one..