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Ed · 29th August 2008, 12:09 AM

Hi folks. It's been while hasn't it? In spite of the Ethnographic bent that has emerged here I recall that some of you are quite versed in European material.

I thought that I'd toss this up for consideration.

I picked this up the other day. The form is classic and if it where shorter you would not be surprised to see it identified as a medieval arrow head. Problem is that it is spear size (~14 "). It has age on it but the thing that gives me pause is the tang. For the life of me, I am not sure that I ever saw a european example of a spearhead that was tanged. At least not one this long.

The romantic in me says "Gosh, what a perfect example of a ballista bolt" then reality reestablishes itself.

Any thoughts?

29th August 2008, 12:09 AM	#1
Ed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 285	A spear point Hi folks. It's been while hasn't it? In spite of the Ethnographic bent that has emerged here I recall that some of you are quite versed in European material. I thought that I'd toss this up for consideration. I picked this up the other day. The form is classic and if it where shorter you would not be surprised to see it identified as a medieval arrow head. Problem is that it is spear size (~14 "). It has age on it but the thing that gives me pause is the tang. For the life of me, I am not sure that I ever saw a european example of a spearhead that was tanged. At least not one this long. The romantic in me says "Gosh, what a perfect example of a ballista bolt" then reality reestablishes itself. Any thoughts?