Ancient spear

M ELEY · 30th June 2015, 05:24 PM

This is actually a pike mounted on a traditional wormwood shaft. Due to the nature of the weapon, its era of use stretched over many hundreds of years. It could be as old as 7th century (I doubt it as the wood is so intact) up to the 19th century. I'm assuming yours is more of the foot soldier type, although boarding pikes were used into the 1800's. Pikes were used by many European countries and into North America and colonial Spanish regions. Not an expert, but a start for your research-

Mark

30th June 2015, 05:24 PM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,159	This is actually a pike mounted on a traditional wormwood shaft. Due to the nature of the weapon, its era of use stretched over many hundreds of years. It could be as old as 7th century (I doubt it as the wood is so intact) up to the 19th century. I'm assuming yours is more of the foot soldier type, although boarding pikes were used into the 1800's. Pikes were used by many European countries and into North America and colonial Spanish regions. Not an expert, but a start for your research- Mark