Twist core budiak

A. G. Maisey · 1st November 2009, 12:12 PM

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.

1st November 2009, 12:12 PM	#11
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	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.