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M ELEY · 3rd June 2012, 11:56 PM

A very nice pike? Or lance. Can we see the other end of the pole? How long is the shaft? The four-sided point pattern usually indicates the late 18th/early 19th century. This dating also supported by the type of securing screw through the shaft. If the shaft is short, perhaps a boarding pike (military pikes long gone by this time), if a longer pole would indicate a lance, which were still used up to the end of the 19th c.

Mark

3rd June 2012, 11:56 PM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,159	A very nice pike? Or lance. Can we see the other end of the pole? How long is the shaft? The four-sided point pattern usually indicates the late 18th/early 19th century. This dating also supported by the type of securing screw through the shaft. If the shaft is short, perhaps a boarding pike (military pikes long gone by this time), if a longer pole would indicate a lance, which were still used up to the end of the 19th c. Mark