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Rick · 29th February 2016, 03:53 PM

I don't know, Glenn.

The top one in the picture is a 1797 model 1(iirc) US Naval boarding pike with a leaf shaped blade.

I would expect that privateers and some merchantmen/whalers would have also carried boarding pikes as part of their defensive arms.
I admit I'm fishing more than a bit here; but there must have been some variation in pikes that were made during that time; many must have come from local smithys.

29th February 2016, 03:53 PM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	I don't know, Glenn. The top one in the picture is a 1797 model 1(iirc) US Naval boarding pike with a leaf shaped blade. I would expect that privateers and some merchantmen/whalers would have also carried boarding pikes as part of their defensive arms. I admit I'm fishing more than a bit here; but there must have been some variation in pikes that were made during that time; many must have come from local smithys. Attached Images Last edited by Rick; 29th February 2016 at 04:04 PM.