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VANDOO · 13th February 2008, 05:51 PM

A VERY NICE SPEAR

I HAVE NOT SEEN A LOOP BEFORE BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE STEEL LOOP ON THE BUTT OF THE SPEAR SHAFT WAS INTENDED FOR ATTACHING A SUBSTANTIAL SIZE LINE SO IT COULD BE RETRIVED.
TWO POSSIBILITYS COME TO MIND RETREVING IT WHEN THROWN INTO THE WATER AS MENTIONED OR RETREVING IT IF THROWN FROM A FORTIFICATION AT AN ENEMY.
THE EXTRA LONG SPEAR WOULD BE GOOD FOR DEFENDING AN APPROACH ALONG A LOW WALL AND IF THE ENEMY WAS STAYING JUST OUT OF REACH OF A THRUST IT COULD BE THROWN AND THEN QUICKLY RETRIEVED PERHAPS PULLING THE ENEMY INTO RANGE OF OTHERS SPEARS IN THE PROCESS.

JUST LOGICAL GUESSES. PERHAPS THERE ARE SOME RECORDS SOMEWHERE OF ITS USE AS THERE WERE PLENTY OF BATTLES THRUOUT MORO HISTORY TO READ ABOUT.

13th February 2008, 05:51 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A VERY NICE SPEAR I HAVE NOT SEEN A LOOP BEFORE BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE STEEL LOOP ON THE BUTT OF THE SPEAR SHAFT WAS INTENDED FOR ATTACHING A SUBSTANTIAL SIZE LINE SO IT COULD BE RETRIVED. TWO POSSIBILITYS COME TO MIND RETREVING IT WHEN THROWN INTO THE WATER AS MENTIONED OR RETREVING IT IF THROWN FROM A FORTIFICATION AT AN ENEMY. THE EXTRA LONG SPEAR WOULD BE GOOD FOR DEFENDING AN APPROACH ALONG A LOW WALL AND IF THE ENEMY WAS STAYING JUST OUT OF REACH OF A THRUST IT COULD BE THROWN AND THEN QUICKLY RETRIEVED PERHAPS PULLING THE ENEMY INTO RANGE OF OTHERS SPEARS IN THE PROCESS. JUST LOGICAL GUESSES. PERHAPS THERE ARE SOME RECORDS SOMEWHERE OF ITS USE AS THERE WERE PLENTY OF BATTLES THRUOUT MORO HISTORY TO READ ABOUT.