Fébus Boar Spear Viking Period The Oakeshott Collection

The Oakeshott Collection

It has a forte shaped like a sharp with a diamond section but quickly transition into a rectangular section providing flex allowing for some use in the thrust in practice and sparring

We can mount the piece on a doublewide Epee blade that has been adjusted to create the correct balance and weight for a smallsword from the later half of the 17th century but we are not able to sharpen the edges on these

The style of hilt and blade is illustrated in Achille Marozzo's 1536 fight book the  Opera Nova Del'lArte Della Armi

Death and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer being one of the most famous

Fébus Boar Spear Viking Period The Oakeshott CollectionNEW ITEM Based on a German 16th C. Boar Spear in the Metropolitan Museum, New York 14. 25. 457 Overall Length: 76. 75" Blade Length: 14" Blade Width: 3. 25" Guard Width: 3. 9" Butt Length: 6" Weight: 4 14 oz lbs 2233 gr Inspired by a 16th century German original housed in the Metropolitan Museum, our Fbus Boar Spear combines historical authenticity with practical performance. It's robust 14 inch spearhead, in hardened 4140 carbon steel, sits atop a