Help in identifying for this spear

[shayde78]

The thought of hunting hippopotamus with a spear is absolutely terrifying.
Seriously, thinking of this gives me a visceral, limbic, primal fear...maybe this is how I died in a past life!

[Tim Simmons]

Here is a thread with the same type of harpoon head. The steel cable is for croc hunting I believe that was what I was told.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=poachers+bits

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by shayde78

The thought of hunting hippopotamus with a spear is absolutely terrifying.
Seriously, thinking of this gives me a visceral, limbic, primal fear...maybe this is how I died in a past life!

Hippos kill more people every year than sharks, lions, or crocs. They are equipped with unbelieveably sharp canines and could tear you in half in an instant, and they can run fast. Most of all they anger extremely easily.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by kronckew

Hippos kill more people every year than sharks, lions, or crocs. They are equipped with unbelievably sharp canines and could tear you in half in an instant, and they can run fast. Most of all they anger extremely easily.

Yes, hippos are mean and very dangerous despite looking slow and clumsy out of the water. They have been known to tip over boats and canoes and attack the occupants without obvious provocation.

It would take an extremely brave or foolish individual who deliberately hunted these large creatures with a short sharp stick.