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Old 1st September 2010, 06:30 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Battara
Actually many of these budiaks were more for thrusting in hand to hand combat. I'm sure they could be thrown too.
Yes many spears can be thrown.. but not all.. Throwing a spear that is specifically design for thrusting needs a lot of compensatory adjustments made in how it is thrown by the wielder to the point that most perhaps would not bother.

Thrusting spears are also usually build with a counterweight at the other end. it is very unlikely that a counterweighted thrusting spear could be thrown well or at all. The counterweight just upsets the whole balance of it. The flight of the thrown spear and penetration would be greatly affected by the counterweight.
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