Yeah, I can see how a rigid ferrule like that could add a lot of strength.
In the old Javanese fighting spears there was often no ferrule at all, the place of the ferrule was taken by a cord binding, so naturally you needed a nice long tang.
But still, this is pretty solid sort of blade. Stick it on the end of a six foot shaft and I don't reckon you have something that could be moved around quickly by anybody except a very, very strong man.
And a whacking great heavy blade in a spear doesn't really do the job any better than a small light blade.
I think I might be missing something here, because to my mind, something like this has no purpose other than some sort of display.
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