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Royston
11th March 2011, 03:48 PM
This one hangs in a friends stairwell so please forgive the poor photography as it's very dark.

Neither of us have a clue as to origin. Any suggestions welcome.

Regards
Roy

tom hyle
13th March 2011, 05:28 AM
SE Asia. Indonesia?

tom hyle
13th March 2011, 05:30 AM
How long is it? What's the back end like?

Royston
13th March 2011, 02:56 PM
Tom

It's about 5ft long.
Unfortunately the end has been "cropped" so nothing interesting there.
Roy

tom hyle
13th March 2011, 03:08 PM
d'oh!

dketch
17th March 2011, 02:56 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by tom hyle
Look inside the hole of the socket; can you see whether it was curled/hammerd together, etc?



Thanks Again Tom,

Ok, I looked in the socket hole; there is no sign of a seam and the inside is much rougher to the touch than the outside of the pike (and the metal thickness is a little inconsistant around the outside/edges), so I am assuming it was hammered or poured as a single piece (?) although for as heavy and thick as it is, it would have been a tough go at it I would think.

Any other suggestions / recommendations?

- Doug

tom hyle
19th March 2011, 01:24 AM
The above reply has posted to the wrong thread :shrug: