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11th April 2012, 12:47 PM
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Location: Kuwait
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Congratulations mate, this is a lovely piece. I dont have anything to add due to my lack of experience in this field but I really like it!
Interesting costumes those chaps are wearing. |
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11th April 2012, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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really nice. i'd like to have one.
what kind of wood do they use for the lance shafts? looks fairly small diameter, so it'd have to be a quite strong wood. |
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11th April 2012, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Denmark
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Looks like a very nice piece Iain - wish I knew more about African lances and spears - but there is so much I'd like to know more about
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11th April 2012, 04:33 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Olomouc
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Thanks for the comments.
 Kronckew, I wish I could give a better answer but I really am not sure. These areas are fairly "scrubby" without a lot of major hardwood trees. I have read before in the Sahel regions the wood warps quite often so I guess they replaced the shafts fairly frequently. I found this image on the forum which shows a pretty similar spear fully mounted. You can see there would be a small iron counterweight but really quite simple without the big butt spikes other Sahel spears have. |
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