BF Survival Harpoon?

[tknife]

What about something similar to the old Aitor spear/skinner blade. It would be better and probably easier to make with a slightly longer barb, and more simplified handle.

 

[Thomas Linton]

I pack the socket with cotton/vasaline.

The socket could be a tupe vs. a cone.

 

[ilbruche]

No interest here. Maybe if I was inta' hunting with a spear. For a PSK, I would prefer a frog gig.

Only problem with a gig is that it serves only one purpose. I used to make split tipped spears for spearing carp when I was a kid, a smaller one for frogs is just as easy. I would split the wood, sharpen the tips, have some string tied to a piece of wood that kept the points spread and was pulled out when you stuck your fish.

I like the shape of the Hoffman, but it is way to thick to be effective as a spear. It would have to be probably 1/8" thick.

 

[DaleW]

What about something similar to the old Aitor spear/skinner blade. It would be better and probably easier to make with a slightly longer barb, and more simplified handle.
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That's certainly the kind of thing I had in mind. Small surpise that wheel had been invented.