Unusual Lance / short spear

Bill?

Any chance someday, maybe, you might consider, or give some thought to, or just daydream about

er...setting up a museum-type exhibit of some (many) of your various collection pieces?:o

See, what I'm envisioning is that you do the work and I reap the benefit of seeing them.:o


Beautiful Bellam, Bud.
 
The spear: the most wickedly effective close-range manual weapon ever invented. This example is a work of art, as well.

Beautiful.
 
Bill,

What is this made of, and what are the measurements? It looks like brass/wood fixtures with a steel blade.

n2s
 
Bill that is a prime example of an early Viking window treatment .
They unscrewed in the middle to allow the easy removal of the
Christian hanging from it . We all know what the pointy end was for . L:O:L
 
not2sharp said:
Bill,

What is this made of, and what are the measurements? It looks like brass/wood fixtures with a steel blade.

n2s
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Hi N2S,

It is 82 inches long assembled. The blade is about 1 1/2" wide. hard to measure the diameter of the shaft, but about 1" maybe 1 1/4"

It is a lacquered hardwood shaft, steel spearhead and brass fittings.
 
Another beauty from the all around good guy and HI world weapon collector.:thumbup: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :D
 
Interesting piece. I thought 'Persian' when I saw the chasing. In 2 parts, just a guess, full length for throwing, half length for repelling?

I only have one spear related object and that is an old African spear head. It is well used and chipped on the edge which shows some lamination. It is neat as one side is flat, you go around to the other side of the edge and that is curved, (looking end on).
 
Bill,

This looks like a mid to late 19th century piece. Perhaps a high grade item intended for the wealthy European market.

n2s
 
Andrew Taylor said:
Interesting piece. I thought 'Persian' when I saw the chasing. In 2 parts, just a guess, full length for throwing, half length for repelling?
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I belive that it was used full length from horseback. To give the rider greater reach. It is an interesting piece.

I have several spears from several diferent cultures. The Ifuago and the Moro in the Philipines; the Nias in Sumatra, the Javanese make interesting and distinctive spears also.

The Javanese make spear heads called "Tombaks" that are composed of many layers of metal like their marvelous keris. Beautiful and very distinctive.

But the one pictured here is by far the most elaborate and unusual in the "take down" feature.

Unfortunately many spears were cut in half by GI soldiers returning home so they could get them in their luggage. You see this often in beautiful paddles from Papua New Guinea.
 
I have an African spear that takes down in the middle, with a carved wooden shaft. It is crude by comparison, but I do like the decorative carving.
The spear on the web site is a beauty.
 
Bill Marsh said:
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The Javanese make spear heads called "Tombaks" that are composed of many layers of metal like their marvelous keris. Beautiful and very distinctive.
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yes, and they are frequently found in dagger mounts, the blades on tombak and keris normally being mounted by wrapping the tang in a bit or rag or hair then press fitting it into the hand grip or spear shaft, so that it could be easily removed for cleaning & oiling. this one is mine:

tombak2.jpg


the laminations are fairly obvious, this one does not have a fancy mendak and only a basic wooden grip & scabbard, but the laminations are nice. i can always add the mendak later...
 
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