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Old 25th July 2006, 06:13 PM   #2
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Most old South African and Congo spears were made from either wrought iron or shear steel which would account for that laminated look. The African forge was pretty crude basically a hole in the ground and a bellows of some type it would not have been able to get the steel hot enough to do the welds needed to create a true laminated blade.


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