Spear ID Javelin length

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by drac2k

It is a very interesting piece. The octagonal haft looks European to me minus the possibly later added on inlay. It also appears like it has holes on the sides where the stirrup from a previous halberd head was fastened into the shaft.
It it possible that the original spearhead was modified(removal of the Stirrups), or a marriage of 2 different weapons?

Great deductions Drac2k... quite potentially can be as you describe.

At first glance I thought the hole top and bottom may have been from a wall mount... but I figures the holes are not usually that fine of a diameter... unless someone took care in ruining a perfectly good piece of timber, but then I noticed that on the head end, there is a secondary hole on another face not aligned with the other two holes...

Of the MOP that is missing, this is no discernable difference in age patina from within the recess to the remainder of the shaft. The MOP could well be old gaming tokens of old too.

Any learned EU historians who can share halberbs/pikes etc that have this pole form.