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Nothing to do with hunting. Appears to be a sword-cane, one of many kinds. Please post a photo of it in close position.
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Location: Black Forest, Germany
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This item is totally unsuitable for wild boar hunting. I think you have never seen or felt the menace of a boar in attack - with this tooth picker you'll be dead or at least seriously wounded immediately
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Hello,
Nothing to compare with a classic walking stick sword , you could see on the first pictures that the blade is really large and thick in comparison with the tape measure, more than 2cm thick, the end too is still really large but the point is sharp like a good kattar push dagger... I hope my last pictures will help, For the tooth picker'' idea, ![]() the ''blade is 2-3'' time thicker than classic sword walking sticks , really heavy and thicker than most of spears ends I have seen so I think it's will be ok ! ![]() I agree with the limit of boar hunting: without a fork shape - spikes... the animal can't be stopped when we stab him and he can hurts you heavily. ( maybe just made for give ''the coup de grāce '' as they do with hunting swords...) So it can be an old stabbing weapon , maybe an armor breaker set on a later smaller stick, the ''scabbard'' wood is made of lighter wood than the ''hilt'' and seems to be older ( the sigil-mark is matching on both side but it can be added later... ?) |
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NB: On the second and third pictures, the spear head is directly set on the walking sword blade and the scabbard for comparison,
not 10cm upper ... Quote:
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This, in case anyone is wondering how substantial a weapon is needed to deal with Mr Piggy in the wild.
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I don't have much weapons knowledge, but I do have a lot of woodworking knowledge- IMO, the handle is a completely new construction , designed to make a "swordstick" out of what was likely a much longer spear, while retaining an original scabbard. The handle bears no resemblance in either wood or style to the scabbard.
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Hello all,
Thank you all for the comments, The ''hilt'' shaft seems more recent as discussed , it can even come from an old walnut bed leg ![]() but, changing for changing, they should obviously put a long shaft, even a broomstick ![]() SO WHY ISN'T IT JUST A SHORT POLEARM ?? Looking for shortened polearms shaft, I found this one: the candeliere polearm Candeliere - an Italian term, literally 'candlestick'. This was a shortened awl pike., a shortened ahlspiess. Sure this one without the circle protection anymore and 'the 'new'' shaft hilt a little shorter than the others... |
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