Spears : Cold steel, Schrade, m48

Well, spears are fun, though you're not likely to find much practical application to them. I'd suggest Cold Steel's nicer examples, Windlass Steelcrafts, or the new Condor "Greek" spear (though it's not exactly an accurate replica of anything.) They all have fully closed forged sockets.
 
I own an Assagai spear from CS and I like it. I'm by no means an expert on spears. It has a SK-5 medium carbon steel blade. I really like Schrades products but I believe they are 2cr13mov I don't trust that. I've seen M48's break easily.
 
That's the thing, I saw the vids from "tactical" on YouTube and he pretty much bent an m48's tip by missing and hitting a rock. I think they are a nice idea, you can double them up as a walking stick provided they are long enough and you take proper precautions not to impale yourself, and maybe get a bit of game too.
 
Polypropylene shafts generally break pretty easily and they weigh a ton. Wood is better.
 
I use fire hardened oak sticks from the overgrown area on my property. They work pretty well and are completely free other than a little work. A sharpened stick with a properly dried out point can go through thinner metal, they are really surprising.

I say that to say this. I would use the sharpened sticks before the Schrade and m48 stuff, and probably the Sog Spirit, too. Not hating, just not worth the money IMO. Go for the CS or Condor.
 
spykez said:
Point. Especially if it's cold, I would imagine it would become more brittle.
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A lot of it has to do with the casting process. A lot of the time in shapes like that there end up being bubbles inside them, which cause weak points where they'll snap. The ideal in a synthetic is a poly jacket over a fiberglass core. But they're way heavier than wood.
 
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