Spears?

[Dirty Bob]

For throwing, you can make a simple pilum. Hammer one end of a piece of steel rod to a leaf-shaped point. Drill about a 6" deep hole into a tool handle (hardwood, not pine). I like to wrap it to prevent splitting. Just coat the wood with water-resistant carpenter's glue and wrap with string or twine. This also makes a convenient grip. After seating the rod in the handle, drill a small hole and insert a small nail or piece of wire.

The pilum is one of the most efficient throwing spears of all time, and they're not hard to make, in a simplified form.

Here's a link with more info:

http://www.larp.com/legioxx/pilum.html

All my best,
Dirty Bob

 

[Deltaboy1984]

They work great on Hogs. I would not want to get stuck with one for sure.

 

[BLB68]

Arms and Armor has some nice reproduction spears, and also sells a 1 1/8" ash pole for use as a haft. Higher quality (and more expensive) than the Windlass stuff. (Not a knock on the Windlass, just a statement of the quality from A&A.)

http://www.armor.com/polearms.html