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What is the best way to lash your knife to a stick to create a spear?
pics would be great!

What circumstances would demand this? Why not just carve a point?
Thanks all!
 
You made the most relevant case against it in your post. Why not just carve a point?

Why not?

Why would you risk your most valuable tool in a survival situation in order to make a spear?

Dunno any good reason to do this. I just simply would not risk the knife. Or any of my prescious chordage either for that matter.
 
The last time I made a spear (just for fun), i found a branch like a slingshot and split the ends into 3 section per each limb. I wedged rocks in between the splitted ends and tied them off tight. Sharpened the ends up and split the bottom of the "Y" I then attached my fashioned spear head to my walking stick. It worked out pretty good and was something to do while I was freezing my ass off waiting for morning to come.

I think I have a picture (go and checks webspace). YEP! here it is.
spear.jpg
 
That would make a good fishing spear 8U. Cool pic.
 
Fiddleback said:
That would make a good fishing spear 8U. Cool pic.
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That was the intention. When we were hiking in there were lots and lots of small lake run-off pools loaded with trout. It was the most fish I had ever seen in the wild (even though they are stocked trout). Picture the fish pond at a Cabelas or a Bass pro shop and add 1000 more fish. I made the spear that night in hopes of getting a few, but come morning time there were guys fishing these tiny ass ponds:thumbdn:. It was one of those occasions where the limit was 8 fish and guys were carrying out 80.
 
Squeezymo said:
Carve a point and then harden it with fire a bit.
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that would probably be your best bet....:thumbup:

the cold steel bushmans are great for that as well... they're fairly cheap and hold a great edge... if i were to use a knife, it would definately be a smaller one, and not my main blade....
 
Just stick it in the coals for minute. But don't let it stay in there long enough to burn.
 
t doesn't harden the wood so much as dries it out. Dry wood has less tendancy to bend at the point :)
 
I keep a few wood screws inside the Bushman handle (among other items). My Bushman has a couple holes in the side so I can screw it to a spear shaft with my SAK. As others have noted, I'd be a bit reluctant to do that if it was my only blade.
 
Well, gee, if a carved point (or points) works fine, I don't see the need to ever lash the knife. I have never spear fished, so I just assumed that maybe lashing the knife would outperform the carved stick, or maybe that lashing the knife would ward off predators more effectively or something...
 
Old Painless said:
Well, gee, if a carved point (or points) works fine, I don't see the need to ever lash the knife. I have never spear fished, so I just assumed that maybe lashing the knife would outperform the carved stick, or maybe that lashing the knife would ward off predators more effectively or something...
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I've never spear fished either but I assume you want to have the majority of your weight and control at the holding end of the stick, not the front. If you stick a big knife up there, then it's going to affect your speed and accuracy, which is what spear fishing is all about. Plus, if you carve a point, you can make it as thin as you want, and add backwards serrations.
 
Why not just buy a CS boar spear blade and use the shaft for a walking stick? For spear fishing or small game, a pointed stick works, but for defense against large predators, I can see the need for a steel spear blade. Keep the varmints at distance and hurt them. The spear is an ancient and effective weapon.
 
I agree. The knife is a cuttin tool. Not a spear, or shovel or anything else. IMO
 
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