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Long Bladed Hewing Spear Head

$52.00$69.95

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(8 customer reviews)
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    This unsharpened Long Bladed Heawing Spear Head is made of high carbon steel. Spears such as these were used by Vikings for their great thrusting and cutting ability. Socket is 1 1/8” across.

    8 reviews for Long Bladed Hewing Spear Head

    1. Lazule

      The spear head is good but Kult of Athena’s sharpening service was weak. All in all this is a very nice budget spear head especially if you want to cut & trust. The spear penetrates very nicely but it bad at cutting, I tried cutting bottles filled with water and after many tries it didn’t clean cut any of them & I know it wasn’t my edge alignment I slashed several bottles very carefully, my problem wasn’t the spear head it was Kult of Athena’s sharpening. It didn’t come with nicely sharpened edges… I guess I’ll have to sharpen it myself.

      Bottom line: It’s a good spear! But if you want to use it for cutting you will have to sharpen it yourself!

    2. Fred "Ulfmundstrond"

      Hewing spear head review, correction on one measurement. Ok, first thing is first, the correction, the socket is about 1″ or 1 1/16″ on the INSIDE; I think the description might have measured across the socket’s out edges. A small error.

      On to the head it’s self. I only got the head mounted tonight so I can’t comment to how it preforms (it is -30f right now). I should mention I am a blacksmith and I am rather picky with my steel.

      First impressions: It is bloody long! I’m a pretty big guy at 6’2″ and 230ish pounds. From the tip to the end of the socket it lays from my middle finger to half way up my bicep with my arm outstretched. As I read in another review on another website “if you’re ever using it and the shaft breaks, you still have a short sword!” very true words! I also ordered the 8′ ash spear shaft for this. I think the 5′ would have done me just fine for my desired length, but better to have more than you need than not enough in my opinion. I cut the shaft down so the point was at the 8′ mark, ended up taking about 19-20″ off.

      Fit, finish, craftsmanship: This is a $35 spear head, you do get what you pay for. If you are looking for a hand forged spear head then up your budget considerably. All that being said it is quite nice and sturdy. you can tell it was ground from one or two pieces of metal. on mine there are small imperfections and nicks in the steel, none of them enough to snag a cloth on, but you can see them. This is a mass produced item, I expect this. the grind on the blade is a bit wavy on mine, you can’t see it unless you look at the way light reflects on the blade at a VERY shallow angle, you certainly can’t feel it running you hand over the head. The socket spine on the blade was asymmetrical on one side of mine. Again, you kind of have to look for that, but not very hard.

      On sharpening: As the other review has mentioned if you option for the sharpening it will come with a “pocketknife” edge, one that does not or gradually flow to the center line; like the edge on a pocketknife. This was done on a grinding wheel and is a perfectly legitimate way to quickly add an edge to just about anything. As I have stated above I haven’t tried slashing or stabbing anything as of yet; but out of the box I wouldn’t want to get hit by this, even accidentally. In fact, I was somewhat worried enough that I put several layers of masking tape over the edges until I can make a leather sheath for it.

      Conclusion: For the money this isn’t bad at all. A 1″ or so shaft will work better than a 1 1/8″, at least in my opinion. The edge is pretty sharp, you might want to sharpen it more than KoA does; no, I wouldn’t try shaving with it.

      Would I order another? If I wanted one or had use for it, yes. If this one ever is lost, yes.

    3. Mark M.

      Fun project spear…. I’ve always wanted a big spear…..and, boy….I got one. This thing is huge! I mounted mine on a 5′ shaft along with a Windlass tapered butt-cap, and it makes for a very formidable weapon. I used leather lacing to tie a piece of deer antler on the head, just below the blade, crossways as a guard….boar spear style. It looks and feels awesome. I opted out of sharpening, but mine has a wicked stabbing point. Buy two….one for display, and one for killing a hay bale or a block of Styrofoam!……McM

    4. Alicia M.

      Fantastic! I recently received my order of this spearhead along with the Greek buttcap. It really is a large spearhead, but it is AWESOME. We attached it to a 5 ft. standard replacement broom handle that already had one end tapered in and it worked beautifully. The Greek buttcap is a great counterbalance and ideal for completing the look. We also had it pre-sharpened and the other reviewers were right, it’s a basic sharpness but if you’re looking to truly get a clean cut with it, you’ll need to sharpen it more yourself. Still, it came with a decent sharpness for only paying $10. Both pieces came without defects and have a gorgeous sheen to them!

    5. Jason

      Super fast shipping!! I just got mine at the time of this review and I very impressed. The edge was good for some basic tests right out of the box and It held up fine. I can’t wait to mount it and do battle against my water filled plastic foes!!

    6. beowulf848

      Nice blade, poor quality socket I’ve had mine for quite some time and did some testing on light/squishy targets. I put it to the real test for the first time yesterday and I was pretty disappointed. The blade itself cuts quite nicely. However, after a few thrusts into harder targets, the tip deformed pretty bad. This is easily fixed with a hammer and anvil. What is rather difficult to fix happened when I tried to use the hewing spear to, well, hew something. It bent quite a bit right at the top of the socket where it is welded to the main bulk of the blade. Trying to get a pipe to be straight after it’s been bent is tough. Trying to straighten a conical pipe is not something I can do. Now I have a rather useless spear head that serves better as a makeshift short sword. I would not buy this again.

    7. J. Cherry

      Not strong enough….. Have purchased two and both have bent severely where socket meets blade. One on poor edge alignment against single mat, one against thick water jug. They thrust fine but not strong enough for “hewing”

    8. Planescaped

      Great for the price, and those with realistic expectations These spears will bend with use, but so would historical spears. We don’t have easy access to blacksmiths these days to make repairs, but Kult of Athena’s price makes replacement not much of an issue.

      Realistically, this spear is perfectly fine. Not extraordinary, but not bad in the slightest. Just bend the spear straight again if/when it gets crooked, and replace the thing when/if needed. But you’ll get plenty of hard use out of it in the meantime.

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