/k/ - Weapons

Fug, forgot the actual link to the product.

https://www.spanish-swords.com/spear-tips/6609-punta-launches-european-functional-41-cms.html

Spear head is probably ok but I would not recommend using a broomstick. WAY too flimsy. Go try to find a proper spear shaft to attach the head to.

>>578809

Wouldn't a 30mm diameter stick from home depot/Leroy Merlin be good enough? If it breaks, I just gotta get a new one. I'm not paying 20 € for a LARP stick.

>>578810

>Spear shaft

Ideally you'd have an steel cored Oak shaft. That is, however, expensive and hard to get hold of. It's a bitch on the upper body as well. A broom handle will shatter pretty much ever time you put pressure on it. You can get a good guide for construction from studies of historical weapons, but the cost of the book might be a significant chunk of the price of the spear there. Whatever you end up using I'd suggest that you put a version of it through destructive testing before you actually use it.

>>578810

Possibly. Though make sure it's made of a sturdy type of wood like oak. otherwise when you go to kebab the boar or deer or whatever you're gonna get your shit fucked when it snaps immediately.

>>578803

Is such hunt legal in your country?

>>578820

It is legal. Even kind of popular, leaf.

>>578822

what do you hunt my dude

Buy a crossbow instead Reconquista-bro. Easier than trying to get close enough to a wild animal so you can hit it with a spear

>>578824

>reconquista-bro

>greece still hasnt taken constanstinople

lmaoing at you

>>578821

>I don't think the average soldier's spear had a metallic core

true, but you don't have to produce enough of them to equip an army. Out of interest what sort of game are you planning on hunting with this spear?

>>578827

I've personally done that infographic on a smaller scale and can attest to it working pretty well even with ordinary baking yeast but so much better with a proper white wine or mead yeast.

>>578829

my father is a beekeeper and makes mead, and its easy as shit. he uses a 5 gallon bucket, puts 1 gallon honey in, 4 gallons of water, and mead yeast, puts the lid on with a p trap, and lets it sit in the basement. the stuff he makes is probably 30-40 proof easily.

>>578834

How long does it take?

>>578835

i think a couple months to ferment, but im not really sure, i'll have to ask him. but 5 gallons of mead is a lot of fucking alcohol. he probably has like 50 bottles just sitting in his basement

>>578836

How does mead taste like? I've never tried it.

>>578881

Can't say I have either, but it's generally described as sweet. Not surprising given that it's mostly honey.

>>578884

You can do a dry mead, just like grape wine. Sack mead is the really sweet variant, but your normal simple mead is about as sweet as a typical white wine, undertones of honey instead of fruit.

>>578881

Like alcoholic honey water. There isn't much to say about it. I imagine that it might get some more interesting flavors depending on the type of honey or on the kinds of spices in it, if it has any.

>>578803

ooga booga

>>578829

Did it taste half decent? Did you start it warmed up at all?

>>578831

I think OP really shouldn't go boar hunting if he has to ask the types of questions he is asking. Maybe tag along somebody who knows what he's doing for a very long time. And get dogs.

>>578881

pretty much what >>578891 said. it tastes like alcoholic honey. you can add other flavor sources too, like fruits or syrup, but so far my dad has just made plain mead. his friend has a maple syrup farm and hes gonna trade some of his honey from this seasons harvest for some maple syrup and try to flavor the mead with that this time around.

>>578810

I'd suggest ash. Very strong wood that commonly used to make spears.

>>578973

Is bamboo a good alternative?

>>578983

Depends on the species. Dendrocalamus strictus, or Iron bamboo would work

>>578986

Then bamboo it will be.

Just go to a lawn ornament store and get any of a dozen wooden dowels there.

I guarantee you that you'll catch exactly nothing, spear hunting is something that demands skill and dedication, training with a master for decades before you get good. Wild animals have excellent sense of smell, excellent hearing as well. Imagine what it takes to sneak into spear chucking range! You have to fashion a ghillie suit, cover yourself with twigs and mud, and lie next to a river bank for days hoping an animal decides to take a drink of water within range. Then you have to get up and throw it without making a noise. Fucking insane.

You're better off doing bow hunting, at least then you have maybe fifty yards extra to work with, at that range the animal won't be hearing you breathe.

Best case scenario is trapping. Is that allowed in the free state of Catalonia?

Don't be gillipollas OP. Boar or not to be taken lightly if you think you can just grab a bit of steel and strap it to any flimsy piece of wood you're in for a rude awakening.

>>579064

>30mm oak stick

>flimsy

Now that there is a thread about Spears/Polearms, I have a question that I thought to post in a QTDDTOT thread. The question that I would like to know & see examples of Spears that doesnt have cutting edges, but that arent just a oversized tack. Im not sure if there were that kind of Spears or similar.

>>579049

How much monies does it cost?

Spanbro, I am pretty sure you're going to get gored by a boar if you try to go cheap.

It's your money, I guess, but, I'd really recommend you look at proper hunting spears.

>>579078

A few hours labor, minimum wage, in my country. Likely in your too.

There are more expensive ones on the market (pic 1) but I prefer the cheaper types (pic2) that use simple lead fishing weights as ammunition. Also can use a screw nut as ammo.

Or you can make it yourself out of parts easily bought anywhere.

It'll go clean through a plywood board at point blank range.

>>578898

>I think OP really shouldn't go boar hunting if he has to ask the types of questions he is asking.

Hunting boars with a spear when you could get a gun is really stupid period, but building a historic weapon is something everyone on /k/ should try at least once.

>>579027

>HEMA has no spears or lances.

It does, I even posted a source for it. Equally youtube is full of videos of medieval spear fighting.

>>579075

>The question that I would like to know & see examples of Spears that doesnt have cutting edges, but that arent just a oversized tack.

You are asking for javelins and lances if I understand you right.