10-27-2008, 09:09 PM
Cool! thank for showing this. I think its would fit the bill.
Plausible for hunting too, though, I would expect a boar spear (stopping power vs. unarmored target) to be a bit wider on average, so this one seems more like a military weapon.
I am reminded also of the expression 'hewing spear' in viking context... I don't think anyone knows precisely what form that took, either.
I was considering commissioning one of the 'christmas tree' heads from an armorer friend, but did not fully realize how big it was until I sketched it out full scale on paper, to hand to him... 15 inches by 2.8 inches is a walloping big "spear head".
-Rick
Plausible for hunting too, though, I would expect a boar spear (stopping power vs. unarmored target) to be a bit wider on average, so this one seems more like a military weapon.
I am reminded also of the expression 'hewing spear' in viking context... I don't think anyone knows precisely what form that took, either.
I was considering commissioning one of the 'christmas tree' heads from an armorer friend, but did not fully realize how big it was until I sketched it out full scale on paper, to hand to him... 15 inches by 2.8 inches is a walloping big "spear head".
-Rick
Quote:There is a nice archeological find that I am using as a guide when I get my menaulion made up and which would come close to fitting the description perfectly. This is the large spear head (described as a boar spear) on the 11th century Serce Limani shipwreck . The blade alone is about 28cm which is getting close to our dimensions. It was found in a wooden scabbard.[/quote]
Rick Orli
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