Ugly Sauce
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Taking inspiration for someone mentioning that Chip made a spear out of a Mosin-Nagant bayonet, I decided to do the same...although I never saw that episode of Life Below Zero. She's kind of short, not quite seven foot.
Having a "stockpile" of MN bayonets, I cut off the rifle end, drilled a hole in the end of the shaft, and sunk her in with good bow-making epoxy. Then I wrapped it in copper wire.
I put an end-cap on the butt, and wire wrapped it with steel wire. I'm not sure it's a useful spear, the needle like bayonet will certainly cause a lethal puncture wound, but with a large aggressive and angry animal it might not get their immediate attention. Effective on people or aggressive dogs I'm sure, and perhaps on a wolf. Bears, no. In any event I'm not sure that the bayonet will hold well in it's socket, a struggling animal might bust the head/tip/bayonet out of the socket.
Oh well, it was a "fun build", looks cool and unique, and maybe I'll take her for a walk now and then.