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SPEARHEADS-1
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APART FROM STONES OR ROCKS, THE SPEAR HAS TO BE THE OLDEST 'HAND-PROPELLED' MISSILE WEAPON KNOWN TO MAN. FROM ITS' ORIGINS AS A STRAIGHT BRANCH OR TREE SAPLING WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN WHITTLED DOWN TO A POINT AT ONE END AND THEN HARDENED BY SCORCHING IN A SMOULDERING FIRE - TO ITS' DEVELOPMENT OF HAVING METAL HEADS OF BRONZE OR IRON IN NUMEROUS SHAPES AND SIZES - THE SPEAR IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED FOR ALL PERIODS OF HISTORY.
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THE SPEARHEADS ON THIS PAGE ARE HAND-FORGED(as originally) AND COME IN A FIRE-BLACKENED FINISH. THESE PARTICULAR ONES ARE SHARP AT THE POINT AND ARE PROBABLY THEREFORE BETTER USED FOR DISPLAY RATHER THAN RE-CREATED COMBAT.
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BECAUSE THEY ARE HAND-FORGED THERE MAY BE SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN EACH ONE. AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE OPEN/SPLIT SOCKETED(a very defining factor of anglo-saxon spearheads)SO THEY CAN BE OPENED UP SLIGHTLY TO ALLOW FITMENT ONTO HAFTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES.
SIZE -:
OVERALL LENGTH....11"-12"(28-30cm)
SOCKET DIAMETER....1"(25mm)
WIDEST POINT....1.5"(4cm)
THEY ARE ALL LEAF-SHAPED AND ARE PRICED AT £20.00 EACH
PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THE SITE AS I WILL BE ADDING A LOT MORE TYPES OF SPEARHEADS TO THE RANGE
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