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Michael Barna
Location: Northwest Michigan Joined: 21 May 2007
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 Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2007 2:04 pm Post subject: Ash Pole |
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No I am not doing my impression of Joe Pesci in Goodfellas 
Anybody have a source for 8 foot long 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 inch diameter Ash or Hickory poles to use as spear or pole arm shafts?
Mike
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Hugh Knight
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| Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Ash Pole |
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| Michael Barna wrote: | | Anybody have a source for 8 foot long 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 inch diameter Ash or Hickory poles to use as spear or pole arm shafts? |
My Schule uses 8-foot ash shafts from Purpleheart for spear practice:
http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/staffs.htm
They're not quite correct--spear shafts should be tapered through their entire length--but they work quite well, and Purpleheart is a great company to do business with. I'm about to order hickory staves for the shafts of our steel pollaxe simulators, too.
Regards,
Hugh
www.schlachtschule.org
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J Anstey
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hi there
I am pretty sure kingfisher can custom make something like this, if you are looking for very high end, they use blades finish rather than sandpaper.
http://www.kingfisherwoodworks.com/
heers
Jason
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Gordon Frye
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Michael Barna
Location: Northwest Michigan Joined: 21 May 2007
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Thanks - great replies all of you.
Since I live in a logging area of the world - I think I shall pursue a logging supply house.
What with the emerald ash borer blight quite a few ash trees are coming down and ash can be had cheaply right now. One might want to "stock up".
Mike
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Elling Polden
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I made my onehanded spear shaft by obtaining a 25mm ash plank (with the help of a luberjackly inclined friend), cutting of a 25x25mm section, and rounding it until it was comfortable to hold.
The plank in question is 50 cm broad, so there's enough for PLENTY of spearshafts. (i've also got a 35 mm one for polearm shafts, and a 50mm for bowmaking)
"this [fight] looks curious, almost like a game. See, they are looking around them before they fall, to find a dry spot to fall on, or they are falling on their shields. Can you see blood on their cloths and weapons? No. This must be trickery."
-Reidar Sendeman, from King Sverre's Saga, 1201
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