the obuszek finally arrived today.the spike & brass balance the head perfectly in the centre 40cm. from either end. the head is still as sharp as a steeled butcher's knife with no signs it's been sharpened recently. the head is 4 inches from edge to the end of the hammer poll which is 1.5 cm. square. the chord across the pints of the edge is 3 inches. (sorry for the mixed units
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tad short for a walking stick for me and i'm only 5 ft. 8 in. substantial 7/8 in. thick wood haft has a few fine age cracks but the head & butt spike are firm and unmoving. total weight 550 grams.
so, looks like time to move and retitle this thread to the european forum.
anecdote:
the vendor packed the box tight with pink foam chips and even stiffened it by taping it with a rather nice (and expensive) carbon fibre arrow with a seel field point and plastic flights. so it was a two-fer.
