Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Another all metal sub-Saharan spear

Tim Simmons · 22nd April 2006, 08:27 PM

I got this today and just had to show it against one I have shown before. The new one has the smaller blade. The one with the larger blade is 201cm long, the new one about 5cm shorter. There are obvious differences most noticeably at the blunt end. The grip type knuckle on the new one is steel and the haft to the end does not have the decorative brass plates. I know there is a small number of members with a passing interest in sub-Saharan Africa, I just thought you might like to see the two styles together.

22nd April 2006, 08:27 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,746	Another all metal sub-Saharan spear I got this today and just had to show it against one I have shown before. The new one has the smaller blade. The one with the larger blade is 201cm long, the new one about 5cm shorter. There are obvious differences most noticeably at the blunt end. The grip type knuckle on the new one is steel and the haft to the end does not have the decorative brass plates. I know there is a small number of members with a passing interest in sub-Saharan Africa, I just thought you might like to see the two styles together. Attached Images