In search of a spear

[Richard338]

Very nice. Every self respecting Swarthy Gnome should have a spear like that.

 

[Joopie]

Use coppice wood for spear shafts. When you cut down a tree, the stump will send up suckers that usually grow fairly straight. After a few years, which varies according to species, these can be harvested for making spear shafts, staffs, tool handles, or for whatever else you'd want poles. Because the grain is not cut, as in making a dowel, the wood is much stronger. This is also done for firewood and producing cinnamon. The stump (called a seat) can be harvested indefinitely as new shoots mature as this keeps the tree juvenile and it cannot die of old age. This practice is called "coppicing" and has been done for thousands of years.

 

[NihontoEd]

Did someone say "the real thing"? Hizen Ju Kunihiro c. 1648.

 

[afishhunter]

... the staff itself isn't perfectly straight either, it's slightly bowed.
Was that something common in medieval times?

I'm old, but not quite that old.
My guess is: "Yes. Perfectly straight shafts were the exception, rather than the rule."

 

[Tejano Libre]

German Model 1895 Cavalry Lances

But made for the Argentine Cavalry Lancers by, who else but W.K.C. out of Metal. Killer Lances, I just stole (2) for very few Pesos!


Antique Ad for Identical Cavalry Lances

Be Well,

Tejano Libre

Stranded in BA!