Three VERY INTERESTING Burmese Spears

Andrew · 23rd January 2011, 02:28 PM

I noticed these on Ashoka. Very interesting. Congrats, Charles.

Battara · 23rd January 2011, 06:02 PM

So much metal (silver?) all the way down the shafts!

Nathaniel · 23rd January 2011, 06:13 PM

Beautiful Charles! Congratulations and thanks so much for sharing! Something you don't see often. As Battara said, wow ...silver covered pretty much the entire shaft...at 9 feet long!!!!

And it's also interesting to see the Gold/Brass??? band...and copper band near the spear head and the counter weight at the opposite end.

CharlesS · 23rd January 2011, 06:16 PM

Don't get too excited Battara, it's a very low grade silver, but makes sense for this sort of use. I'd imagine that sheets of better silver would be in shreds on these. You can even see a few places where the silver sleeves have been repaired with an overlapping sleeve of 1-4 inches. One spear has three such places.

Nathaniel · 23rd January 2011, 06:22 PM

Also what I think is interesting is the knife like spear head on two of them?!?!?!

Battara · 23rd January 2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlesS

Don't get too excited Battara, it's a very low grade silver, but makes sense for this sort of use. I'd imagine that sheets of better silver would be in shreds on these. You can even see a few places where the silver sleeves have been repaired with an overlapping sleeve of 1-4 inches. One spear has three such places.

Well not surprising. Often done since precious metals are expensive (and insanely so now with gold above $1300/oz!).

CharlesS · 23rd January 2011, 06:39 PM

I think that knife like blades are found on some Chinese pole arms, but I am not 100% sure.

Certainly the one in the center is more of what we might expect from Burma or Thailand. That spearhead is scary, razor sharp.

23rd January 2011, 02:28 PM	#1
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	I noticed these on Ashoka. Very interesting. Congrats, Charles.

23rd January 2011, 06:02 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	So much metal (silver?) all the way down the shafts!

23rd January 2011, 06:13 PM	#3
Nathaniel Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 865	Beautiful Charles! Congratulations and thanks so much for sharing! Something you don't see often. As Battara said, wow ...silver covered pretty much the entire shaft...at 9 feet long!!!! And it's also interesting to see the Gold/Brass??? band...and copper band near the spear head and the counter weight at the opposite end.

23rd January 2011, 06:16 PM	#4
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Don't get too excited Battara, it's a very low grade silver, but makes sense for this sort of use. I'd imagine that sheets of better silver would be in shreds on these. You can even see a few places where the silver sleeves have been repaired with an overlapping sleeve of 1-4 inches. One spear has three such places.

23rd January 2011, 06:22 PM	#5
Nathaniel Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 865	Also what I think is interesting is the knife like spear head on two of them?!?!?!

23rd January 2011, 06:39 PM	#7
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	I think that knife like blades are found on some Chinese pole arms, but I am not 100% sure. Certainly the one in the center is more of what we might expect from Burma or Thailand. That spearhead is scary, razor sharp.