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[thatguy]

Shillelagh making can be a shitty job...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillelagh

The less frequent methods were to bury the shank in a dung pile, or in slaked lime.[4] The stick may require protection from its dung bath by being wrapped in well-greased oiled brown paper (steeped in hog's lard or oil).[12]

--tg