[Henrik Zoltan Toth]

Hello

Here are a few spears I'd made during the last years. ( of normal building steal) These are the bigger ones, I sold several small peaces for light throwing spears. I wish I could make them more often, but sadly I don't have enough time and my practical knowlidge is loosing its power:-) in the long breaks.

For a month or so a young lady asked me for a large celtic spear with the tipical high middle rib. I saw some celtic spearheads found in North-Hungary in a museum, some of them were parted in the earht in three parts (upper rib-leafblade-under rib) like a venetian fan. So I tought, I could make one using fire welding. I needed just a flat iron, borax and a long, halved round iron bar.

The first attempt was finished very early (the burned one), but the secod one turned out better. Not the best quality, but I like it.
The flat spearhed beside is a bonus .

In the last pic you can see these two after heat treating with some throwing spearheads and pilums/gaesums I made in last winter.

Thanks for looking

Zoltán

[Larry R]

[Johan Gemvik]

These are very nice, I like the rough look, like something meant to be used and not just a wall hanger.
Looks much better than the one I'm working on, though it's not finished and I might still be able to save it. The mid rib looks great! I might borrow this technique for the spearhead I'm making, as I've been concerened that I made the blade too thin to form a proper midrib and I adore midribs on spears.

Are they tempered? Can you do that with construction steel as it is or does it need carburizing? To what level of hardness approximately? Do you temper the tip more than the body and do you anneal to make it springy?
My dream spearhead would be high tempered at the very tip and edge and then annealed to springy in the body. I've been experimenting with this but haven't come close to perfecting it yet.

[Henrik Zoltan Toth]

Thank you for the kind words!
I made those mostly from flat iron. B35 or 45 (the hungarian norm). Not the best for heat treating, but if they bend, just 1-2 hammerstrokes and they look like new. For throwing spears for wooden aims just perfect. They are not hard though they are all quenched in rainwater. This "steel" doesn't even need to be tempered after quenching.

I'll solve this problem (hardness) with fire welded file or spring (not the best for fire welding) steel. Like in this adze, with railroad body and file edge. I just thinking about the spearblade-construction, too.

Zoltán