[Etienne Hamel]

what do we use to make a spear head?
heavy sheet metal (14 gauge) or a steel bar?

[Etienne Hamel]

i wanted to know the same question but with an axe too.

[Jens A Butler]

Well thats a sort of open ended question , are you trying to make a wall-hanger spear/axe like object , Stage Prop or a reproduction of a historical weapon or a easy to make modern functional weapon?

Jens

[Nathan Robinson]

Etienne-

myArmoury.com is touted as a "resource for historic arms and armour collectors". The fact that we have some makers as members of this site is fantastic, but let's not confuse this site as being a "how-to" for beginner's looking to venture into the world of arms and armour making.

I completely support the discussion of technique, construction, and the like, but ask that any person wishing to start a discussion of such things do their homework in the appropriate places and start a worthwhile discussion about such things. A single wide-open, broad, overly generalized question is asking others to do all the work of explanation and then sharing of details with you. This is simply not conducive to a fruitful conversation.

I strongly suggest you buy and study several books on smithing, blade making, weapon finishing, etc. From there, the path of study and research of historical arms and armour is a long one. There are several books on these broad subjects. Visits to museums and Web sites like this one are valuable additions from there.

Once you've really gone and done the work to learn the background, foundational knowledge of the work itself and have built a solid core knowledge of the subjects that you want to create, then you'll be better armed to start fruitful conversations with others who are doing the same thing. These discussions will start with much more specific aspects of the craft.

General questions like the ones in some of your recent topics require huge discussions to even define the context let alone to reach a final answer.

Thank you.

[Etienne Hamel]

I just wanted to know if the 14 gauge sheet metal is enough strong to resist impacts or i should use for exemple spring steel.
if someone have an answer please help me.

[Nick Trueman]

Hi

No use spring steel, mild steel sheet will bend on impact. Even with spring steel you would still have to have the object hardened and tempered, or it will do much the same as mild steel sheet.
If you can get your hands on spring steel sheet then by all means go for it.

N

[Bruno Giordan]