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M ELEY · 22nd December 2010, 02:54 AM

Hmmm...if it is a polearm head, I'd vote for a pike. The triangular/leaf-shape was the earlier form pre-1750 (the later ones found in Rev War-era America had sockets like this and doubled as "trench spears". Likewise, colonial Spanish polearms had sockets as this often without even a hole to secure it to the haft. Langets were not a requirement on pike heads despite popular opinion ). Later pikes had the 4-sided spike type end.
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7784984

The widened end of the socket bothers me a bit, though. Never seen one like that. With a sharpened flat blade, though, I don't see it being just a fence post. Still, there are other types with a widened base to consider, I guess, such as these spears-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File

ervish,_1913.jpg

A Tibetan dung-
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-9793451..._2074_37529329

22nd December 2010, 02:54 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,072	Hmmm...if it is a polearm head, I'd vote for a pike. The triangular/leaf-shape was the earlier form pre-1750 (the later ones found in Rev War-era America had sockets like this and doubled as "trench spears". Likewise, colonial Spanish polearms had sockets as this often without even a hole to secure it to the haft. Langets were not a requirement on pike heads despite popular opinion ). Later pikes had the 4-sided spike type end. www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7784984 The widened end of the socket bothers me a bit, though. Never seen one like that. With a sharpened flat blade, though, I don't see it being just a fence post. Still, there are other types with a widened base to consider, I guess, such as these spears- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fileervish,_1913.jpg A Tibetan dung- http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-9793451..._2074_37529329 Last edited by M ELEY; 22nd December 2010 at 03:15 AM.