11-30-2019, 10:28 AM
Ive been aware of this issue for quite a while but never really thought it worth the effort of getting involved.
That this joining tube is a thing for that purpose is probably correct, the big 'however' is that I dont believe in any credible way that it was used to join two (equal) halfs of a spear together, so that must just raise the question of where on a shaft it could be placed, my best guess at the moment is that its a buttplate sleeve of some kind or function that was possibly meant to secure some other decorative-probably wooden therefore perishable, butt carving.
Everyone seems to be getting hung up on the joinng function and not looking for where it could feasibly be used without compromising the integrity of the weapon its attached to. I have no proof of this of course, my secondary guess would be that it actually has nothing to do with the spear at all, and some sort of staff or banner or something else was just bundled in the same stack and has long since disintigrated.
That this joining tube is a thing for that purpose is probably correct, the big 'however' is that I dont believe in any credible way that it was used to join two (equal) halfs of a spear together, so that must just raise the question of where on a shaft it could be placed, my best guess at the moment is that its a buttplate sleeve of some kind or function that was possibly meant to secure some other decorative-probably wooden therefore perishable, butt carving.
Everyone seems to be getting hung up on the joinng function and not looking for where it could feasibly be used without compromising the integrity of the weapon its attached to. I have no proof of this of course, my secondary guess would be that it actually has nothing to do with the spear at all, and some sort of staff or banner or something else was just bundled in the same stack and has long since disintigrated.
