Lance?

kronckew · 21st March 2008, 11:59 AM

just picked these up this week, billed as a 'ANTIQUE NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANCE SPEAR ENDS'

somehow i do not see them as native american, but that is not my area of collection, my family is part blackfoot, but don't think we've used lances in the past....

the two little bumps along the edge are a bit odd, the edge is sharp to just before them, and the chisel point is also sharp & appears made that way & not a broken tip. forging is rough & undecorated. tail piece also rough forged, some compacted clay soil was in the grooved bit. sockets are 20mm. OD.

21st March 2008, 11:59 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,183	Lance? just picked these up this week, billed as a 'ANTIQUE NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANCE SPEAR ENDS' somehow i do not see them as native american, but that is not my area of collection, my family is part blackfoot, but don't think we've used lances in the past.... the two little bumps along the edge are a bit odd, the edge is sharp to just before them, and the chisel point is also sharp & appears made that way & not a broken tip. forging is rough & undecorated. tail piece also rough forged, some compacted clay soil was in the grooved bit. sockets are 20mm. OD.