[Nostro Titus]

I am just sharing this picture of a spanish weapon that is more of an upsize spear than anything else. The distance between tip and shoulders is 115cm, 5cm wide at the shoulders and the socket adds 20cm more.
Up to this point I could not find any other example of anything resembling it in the literature so any additional information is welcome.


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[Bram Verbeek]

so the SLO at the tip is longer than the tip of an ahlspiess? Damn, thats quite long, I sure hope the socket is made very solid to help even out forces that are not in thrust direction.

[Sean Flynt]

If it's authentic, it's most likely north Italian, ca. 1500. These are not uncommon, but all of those I've seen are very fine arms, like those in Tower of London, Royal Armouries, Leeds, Frazier International History Museum and in the photo below, from Europäische Heib-Und Stichwaffen.

The example you show is relatively crude, and I wonder about its authenticity. But there are plenty of authentic but crude arms out there--museums display the fine stuff. The halberd beside it (right)--if authentic--is of the same period and region (north Italian or south German,) so that could be an argument for the authenticity of both pieces.

Which museum is this? Knowing that might help us judge authenticity.

[GG Osborne]

There is also the example of the so-called "Jeddart staff" of the Scottish border area with a 1.25 meter blade.

[Merv Cannon]

[Nostro Titus]

The pictures are from the Cultural History Museum in Cape Town, South Africa.

Nostro