boar spear as a hiking staff?

I have one setting right by the door, it works great, the spear head adds very little weight and I made a hell for stout heavy leather sheath to cover the spear.
 
SkinnyJoe said:
Good idea or bad idea?
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I think it's a great idea.

Just one suggestion. Make sure the spear is longer than you are tall. That way, if you're walking around with the blade unsheathed, it will minimize your chance of skewering yourself on your own spear if you should accidentally tumble or fall.
 
I can just see it now. My neighbors already think I am crazy. If I go walking down the road with a Boar Spear, I bet they grab their little mean ankle biting dogs that torment me when I walk. Maybe I should carry some Soy Sauce, too.
 
You could always paint decorative designs on the sheath to give it a sort of "sheeple camouflage." :p

I intend on doing something similar--getting a CS assegai spearhead and sheath for use as a packable spear/trowel combo.
 
shangchi108 said:
I think it's a great idea.

Just one suggestion. Make sure the spear is longer than you are tall. That way, if you're walking around with the blade unsheathed, it will minimize your chance of skewering yourself on your own spear if you should accidentally tumble or fall.
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Right, like a halberd or navy boarding pike :D
 
Or throw on an eye patch too and see how many people think you're Odin out for a stroll in Midgard.
 
How about a folding (or retractable) boar spear/hiking staff? If someone could make one where the spear head folds down to disappear in the staff and only appears when needed?
 
My dad is a pretty avid hunter/fisherman and goes out west a lot. He actually asked me to make him a spear of some sort as protection against cougars. I also know one other person who goes hiking into the mountains a great deal and he says he has a type of spear for a hiking staff also, so it's not unheard of anyways. Probably not a bad idea, but I wouldn't walk the dog down the street with one.:D
 
If hiking in an area with lots of other people I would suggest coming up with some sort of quick attach/release system and keeping the head on a belt sheath.

Actually, Think of something like a CS Bushman with a better handle and some kind of locking shaft attachment method . . . Hmmmmm.
 
The only downside I can see to it is tripping on something and impaling yourself on the trail, I'd carry it with a very protective blunt tipped sheath so if I don't misstep I don't wind up killing myself. A spear makes a whole lot of sense in 90% of environments though, for both self defense and hunting. It could make the difference between going hungry and eating rattlesnake, quail or bluegill for dinner.
 
6-8 foot [adjust to your height] Stout Staff tapered tip to accept a Cold Steel Bushman with a Eye screw to fasten it.You can make a Butt cap from a a copper cap, Rubber cane tip, washer w/ broad headed screw/nut.
the length protects your body and more use full in hills and swamps Plus Think
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterstaff
 
why not get something like this, and just carry around your hiking staff...and when you actually out in the woods and need it, hook them together and you have a spear
 
I loves me a good spear. I would carry one into the thick stuff..... but it wouldn't go over so great on the local trails.

Rick

This thread needs a pic...


Here is mine....
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so if you wanted a good double sided spearpoint blade to pack for lashing on a staff, what steel would you want, how thick of stock and heat treated how high? Relatively soft I take it, maybe 1055HC?
 
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