Hello all, I have some questions about spears, and was wondering if someone knew some good sources or helpful information.
I want to try my hand at making some fighting spears (real ones that would work on a medieval battlefield), but am not sure where to start. I have made fighting sticks before (so that I did not have to buy real ones) out of some heavy hard wood. The problem with them is that they split in a few months as they dried out. I was wondering how you avoid the splitting.
Also, which part of the tree do you get the wood, and how? I am guessing that you get it from the trunk of a tree, and do not just use a branch, but if so, how do you make a spear out of it? Do you split it out down the trunk?
Also what wood work best, and which are ones to avoid at all costs?
If anyone had some info or sources on this, I would greatly appreciate it.
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