Vicious Weapon from Hawaii: The Leiomano

Quite an usual (and scary looking) Polynesian club made of hard Koa wood and given a naturally serrated "edge" with shark teeth. You might be tempted to look at it as a "low tech sword", where the organic material is used instead of metal for a blade of sorts. But it's really more like an enhanced war club that rips and tears (Doom Guy approves) in addition to delivering blunt impact shock.

It's also pretty much the closest real-life equivalent to a some Monster Hunter weapons. :)

Check out Koa Studio and the videos of the making process:
https://www.youtube.com/@KoaStudio/videos
Here's some reading material on the topic:

"Warrior Arts and Weapons of Ancient Hawaii" by Sid Campbell
https://amzn.to/46rQ743

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0059855
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20702853
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20702769
The picture of an original Leiomano:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leiomano.jpg
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"Awake! (Megawall-10)" by Cynic Music
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Outro:
"Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records
https://theslantedroom.github.io/steve.yee/
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