weapons help?

Question

i need to find out 3 different kinds of wood to make a staff( a long wooden stick used for weapons) in 2 days!!!!!!!!! i need the answers and why they are good by thursday!!!! i will put 5 STARS FOR U AND BEST ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Staffs are made with; Bamboo, white oak, red oak, rattan wood, and wax wood. However bamboo is not a wood but considered a grass instead. So the 3 woods would be; oak, wax wood and rattan wood. Rattan wood is from a type of palm tree; http://www.cruiserart.com/ratttan-wood-picture-frames.htm
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Answer 2

The quarterstaff may be made from many kinds of wood, commonly ash, oak, hazel, or hawthorn. It may have metal spikes or caps at one or both ends; these are depicted or referred to in some Elizabethan and Jacobean sources. The length of the staff varies, typically ranging from 6 to 9 feet (1.8 to 2.7 metres); in addition, long staves of 12 to as much as 18 feet (3.6 to 5.4 metres) were employed in Early Modern times. The weapon seems to have become shorter and lighter later in its history, though nine-foot staves (made of bamboo or ash) wood were still sometimes employed in Victorian England.

Answer 3

Rattan is pretty good. It is technically a grass (kind of like bamboo, only solid), but is very strong. It is used to make weapons for SCA fighting, which demonstrates how suitable it is for that.

Oak is always a good choice. It is very strong, and was used by Robin Hood and Little John for their staves.