Making a Serpentine Patu - Carving a Maori Style Warrior Club - Greenstone Mere

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Hey everyone! Today I'll be carving my first stone patu. I've made quite a few wood patu, but have always wanted to make a mere from pounamu. I'm still looking for a piece of jade big and solid enough to make a mere from, but thanks to Antler Mike (instructor at Between the Rivers primitive skills gathering) I have a piece of serpentine for my first stone patu/mere.

This stone is softer than jade, probably a little over a 5 on the Mohs scale. Nephrite Jade is around a 6-7, and hard serpentine is around a 6. This stone is just soft enough to be cut on my metal-cutting bandsaw, which won't cut hard serpentine or jade without shedding teeth (it still cuts, though).

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