01-24-2022, 02:46 AM
Ivor, does Ilerup Adal 1 und 2: Die Lanzen und Speere discuss how the diameter of the shafts changes from point to butt? People often assume that spearstaves are the same diameter throughout, but if you start with a wedge of tree, I'm not sure that is the easiest shape to make. I think the three questions I am most interested in are 1) what wood? (only about half of the spears in British graves are ash), 2) how does the diameter vary from end to end, and 3) what was the overall length?
I have cross-posted this call of sources on spears to my site because someone on corporate social media cannot open this page
I have cross-posted this call of sources on spears to my site because someone on corporate social media cannot open this page
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I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
