Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Another 3 old African spears ...not certain as to origins

Jim McDougall · 31st July 2009, 05:58 AM

Hey David,
Great spears, but pulleeze tell me the picket fence thing is just a figure of speech!

I can never get the Scottish basket hilt blades that were discovered welded into a picket fence in England, all taken from captured weapons at the Culloden debacle, out of my mind whenever I hear that term. I've never looked at a pocket fence the same.
Looking forward to more on the grouping.

All the best,
Jim

31st July 2009, 05:58 AM	#8
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,100	Hey David, Great spears, but pulleeze tell me the picket fence thing is just a figure of speech! I can never get the Scottish basket hilt blades that were discovered welded into a picket fence in England, all taken from captured weapons at the Culloden debacle, out of my mind whenever I hear that term. I've never looked at a pocket fence the same. Looking forward to more on the grouping. All the best, Jim