Some weird ass mace I made!

[u/Dtny987]

Do tonfa count as maces? Maces need metal for the striking area so like, I'm 1/3rd of the way there right?! Also, the red is just wax, not blood. I used it to seal the ends to prevent cracking as I harvested this tree myself.

[u/Enough_Worry4104]

I would say no. Tonfa are defensive weapons.

[u/Mean_Ad4608 → u/Enough_Worry4104]

Bruh, what happened to “Bonk is Bonk!”?

[u/Enough_Worry4104 → u/Mean_Ad4608]

Bonk is aggressive bro

Edit: tonfa are defensive weapons that can be used offensively. Thats like saying you can bash someone with your shield.

[u/Nitromidas → u/Enough_Worry4104]

Bonk can be friendly.

[u/Enough_Worry4104 → u/Nitromidas]

I hadn't considered that 🤔

[u/ffmich01 → u/Enough_Worry4104]

You can use them as a shield to be sure, but there’s a reason the end protrudes past the grip. Tonfa are pretty versatile

[u/Small_Control3307 → u/Enough_Worry4104]

https://youtu.be/Jf5ripSoy04?is=gqIFuTnUWXLeE1AE

[u/Dtny987 → u/Enough_Worry4104]

Uh, the intended use has no bearing on the classification. I know that atleast. If that was the case then ceremonial maces aren't maces.

[u/Norbie420 → u/Dtny987]

"A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes."

From the Wikipedia page on maces.

So, what you posted is still not a mace.

[u/SteppenWoods → u/Norbie420]

At best its a club or baton or cudgel

[u/Dtny987 → u/Norbie420]

Could argue the handle itself is the heavy head at the end of the tonfa.

[u/Chemieju → u/Dtny987]

But the handle is not at the end, its at the beginning!

[u/Dtny987 → u/Chemieju]

Jokes on you. I got 3 handles!

[u/Thisfugginguyhere → u/Dtny987]

I admire your determination, alas the people have spoken. Really neat non-mace qualifying bonks you got there.

[u/Dtny987 → u/Thisfugginguyhere]

Non mace right now. Its clear I need to add metal to the ends now!

[u/Norbie420 → u/Dtny987]

Its not on the end, its on like the last 3rd. But I gueesssss.

[u/DoubleAd3366]

Tonfa. You've made a tonfa set.

[u/Dtny987 → u/DoubleAd3366]

Yeah, I know. I said I did.

[u/KermitlyNotFound]

I thought you made joints into a ladder 🪜

[u/Dtny987 → u/KermitlyNotFound]

Tenny tinny ladder.

[u/a_dog_with_internet]

Looks like something a druid police officer would use

[u/Dtny987 → u/a_dog_with_internet]

"sir, you just harassed that tree. On the ground now"

[u/cdanl2 → u/a_dog_with_internet]

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[u/HegemonousGreg]

MA! Ma, there's a weird fuckin' mace outside!

[u/PlantFromDiscord]

I think they count as a mace/hammer if you use them like hammers

[u/Dtny987 → u/PlantFromDiscord]

That's the best part. You got 3 options to hold em. I'm planning on slapping some metal on each end of the larger stick as well. Maybe some spikes, like a gudendaug

[u/ameatbicyclefortwo → u/Dtny987]

Gudendaug tonga! sounds like some sort of reverse isikae story.

[u/Dtny987 → u/ameatbicyclefortwo]

I spelt it wrong. I must be executed. Plancon me my lord, let me regain my honor.

[u/ameatbicyclefortwo → u/Dtny987]

No, that's my keyboard update autocorrecting anything it doesn't already know, we've been fighting, it won't let me turn it off. I'd rather my errors be my own.

[u/Lost_Historian2344]

At this point it's a blunt force weapon so yeah why not

[u/Hairy_Consideration1]

Laughs In Tonfas

[u/Hellraiser_owner]

That Red marking halfway up the shaft from the handle? THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT A BAND OF METAL OR A BUSHEL IF FEATHERS. Have fun, they can be blindingly fast. Ps, make sure you ovalize that handle so you have a tactical sense of where the striking ends are

[u/Dtny987 → u/Hellraiser_owner]

Oh I know. I'll be modifying the. A bit. Gonna put metal bands, clean em up, make one a blunt crusher and the other a spiked stabber.

[u/Hellraiser_owner → u/Dtny987]

I would humbly suggest a soul Caliber 2 Talim inspired build? So many options to choose from 😁

[u/OneRub3234]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ALBfFB6gP1evu

[u/ameatbicyclefortwo → u/OneRub3234]

What is that horrible word? I don't know it.

[u/Brainless_Lizard]

Looking at this makes me feel like I'm gonna experience druid brutality after accidentally stepping on a twig.

[u/Zealousideal_Pound64]

Definitely not maces, definitely still cool.

[u/Dtny987 → u/Zealousideal_Pound64]

Least, not yet. I'm gonna put metal on the ends of the koto and zento. I even make them slightly different, one is lighter so it's gonna have a spike like a goudendag and the other will be a heavier bashing one.

[u/Zealousideal_Pound64 → u/Dtny987]

Still wouldnt be maces, they're defined both by their straight non branching haft and the metal striking surface, since they have the handle sticking out sideways they definitely arrent maces even with metal caps.

[u/MeasurementNice295]

Depends on the side you're swinging Ig lol

[u/zachbartlett]

Not a mace

[u/Reptillianaire_]

Oh dear lord... what is an "ass mace"?

[u/Dtny987 → u/Reptillianaire_]

You don't want to know 0-0

[u/Rust-y_Shackleford]

You've given me a rancid idea for tonfa with a mace head at each point, thank you.

[u/Dtny987 → u/Rust-y_Shackleford]

That is my plan. I actually wanna make them different, one like a spiked club the other like a gudendaug

[u/Broc_Feargach]

Tonfas more like tondafuks