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Anybody know how long they are?

i think they are about 9 ft

I have some pics of them being used at the Vannes on the Pennsic Pics thead

We used them at Aethelmearc's 12th night.
The way they handle is like the difference
between a stick, and a good sword.

-Graedwyn

Is this something Guy is going to want???

Sir Guy wrote:Is this something Guy is going to want???

probable all Guys are going to want this.

Sir Guy wrote:Is this something Guy is going to want???

Probably! They look super cool, and (according to reports) handle wonderfully.

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Forum discussion about them starts shortly after Cet's post.

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My squire jess just gave me a matching pair of FAT 8' rattan poles that will be perfect for a pair of these.
I'm so psyched.

Vitus:

The shafts are eight feet long. This seemed to be a plausible length for single combat, based on the fechtbuchs, particularly the Codex Wallerstein.

Sean:

Yes, the shafts are fatter than I would like. Society rules impose a minimal thickness at the thin end that's thicker than the historical prototypes. And for Society combat I'm required to use rattan instead of ash, so a fatter shaft is needed to get reasonable stiffness.

I do the best I can within the Society rules.

I don't know how tapered I can make mine... I have tiny hands. A fat end that is too fat will be useless...

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:I don't know how tapered I can make mine... I have tiny hands. A fat end that is too fat will be useless...

Maybe you could start the taper a foot or so up from the non-pointy end, and taper in both directions?

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:I don't know how tapered I can make mine... I have tiny hands. A fat end that is too fat will be useless...

Consider looking at a lance? Taper up to in front of the hand, drop down for the hand a back up then taper back to the butt. I've been debating building one like that to fight against Galleron but my uber-thick rattan is reserved for klobben when I get farther along with my new kit.

Galleron wrote:I do the best I can within the Society rules.

And you do it better then anyone else I know. You bringing this out for Green Lane? I'd love to have another dance with them.

Sean

While Society combatants often place their rear hand on the butt of the spear, there's evidence that suggests that medieval combatants often took a position further foward on the shaft. This would make a thick butt to the spear shaft less of an issue.

http://willscommonplacebook.blogspot.co ... -foot.html

True that!
I need to learn the "pushing style" as well.