Posts: 1,524 Location: Sydney, Australia
Tue 20 Mar, 2012 10:55 pm
also id like to include this
http://www.manningimperial.com/item.php?item_...mp;c_id=14
not the sarissa as a whole, its great in formation but not something youd want alone, but look at that butt spike...
it is a mean-ass, 4 flanged, long spiked MACE in its own right, i mean, hell, if the macedonian phalanxes presented a wall of THOSE, the persians i think would have just simply soiled themselves where they stood.
place a short, 10-20cm haft on that, and sharpen the flanges, and you have a absolute wrecking ball of a weapon.
that will likely bust up a man like anything.
add to it, that spearhead in your other hand, sharpened like a razor, and giving it a very short, 5 inch haft to grip.. thats one nasty knife to have as a backup.
i just cant help but look at the buttspike of the sarissa and think of how nasty a mace that would have made.
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macedonian sarissa head and butt spike from manning imperial
Dimensions - Length of butt spike 340mm, weight 525 grams. Length of head 388mm, weight 470 grams.