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VANDOO · 9th March 2008, 06:44 PM

THE SPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE OF 3 SPEARS IS THE CLOSEST TO A NORMAL WAR SPEAR FROM LUZON. THE OTHERS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE USING MORE REFINED FORGEING TECKNIQUES SO PERHAPS THEY WERE BROUGHT IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AS TRADE ITEMS??.
THE SHAFT ON THE WAR SPEARS OF THIS FORM THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN HAVE A BLADE THAT SOMETIMES HAS A HOLE IN THE TANG. THE WOODEN SHAFT IS USUALLY ENLARGED WITH A METAL FERULE WHERE THE TANG GOES INTO THE SHAFT. THESE SPEARS HAVE A VARIATION ON THE SHAPE OF THE POINT AND ON THE FORM OF THE SHAFT. THEY ALL LOOK LIKE HARPOON POINTS SO IT MAKES ONE WONDER IF THE SPEAR FORM EVOLVED FROM THE HARPOON OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND

KNOWING WHEN AND HOW STEEL FIRST CAME TO THE PHILIPPINES COULD SHEAD SOME LIGHT ON MY LAST QUESTION.

9th March 2008, 06:44 PM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE SPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE OF 3 SPEARS IS THE CLOSEST TO A NORMAL WAR SPEAR FROM LUZON. THE OTHERS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE USING MORE REFINED FORGEING TECKNIQUES SO PERHAPS THEY WERE BROUGHT IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AS TRADE ITEMS??. THE SHAFT ON THE WAR SPEARS OF THIS FORM THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN HAVE A BLADE THAT SOMETIMES HAS A HOLE IN THE TANG. THE WOODEN SHAFT IS USUALLY ENLARGED WITH A METAL FERULE WHERE THE TANG GOES INTO THE SHAFT. THESE SPEARS HAVE A VARIATION ON THE SHAPE OF THE POINT AND ON THE FORM OF THE SHAFT. THEY ALL LOOK LIKE HARPOON POINTS SO IT MAKES ONE WONDER IF THE SPEAR FORM EVOLVED FROM THE HARPOON OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND KNOWING WHEN AND HOW STEEL FIRST CAME TO THE PHILIPPINES COULD SHEAD SOME LIGHT ON MY LAST QUESTION.