IanF,

Left some recomendations on the Knife making forum

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Ian, you should be able to come up with a design or style that suits you well, but my steel of choice for spears can be found in almost any scrap yard in America. LOOK for used TRUCK SPRINGS - the big flat style. This is HIGH QUALITY steel that makes a great spear point. It will take a high temper if your blacksmith friend knows how to temper high grade steel. You'll also find at least one end of the spring is tapered a bit, making it easier to shape it to a desired thickness in the forge...

GOOD LUCK!

Many thanks for all suggestions - I will be surely trying EVERYTHING!! Ian

The cross-piece on a boar spear is not a hand guard, it is a simple design feature intended to prevent a wounded hog from advancing up the spear's shaft to physically attack the hunter who is using the spear. The presence of a cross-piece is the easiest way to distinguish a medieval boar spear from a military spear. The cross-pieces on a boar spear must be strong and its connection to the spear must be secure. A secondary function of the cross-piece is to keep the spear's cutting edges within the hog. Keeping the cuttting edges within the hog makes the hog's struggles part of the effort to quickly kill him. Do keep us posted if any of your boar spears are actually used to take a hog and if you discover any good information on a medieval manual of arms for the boar spear, I, for one, would love to learn about it. Good luck and good hunting!

Im dr juan pablo pozzi from argentina and i hunt boars with knife and spear daily with the aid of the dogos argentinos dogs i think the best type is the boar spear from cold steel ,i personally prefer hunting with knives like applegate smatchet ,recon tantos,or trail masters .juan pablo pozzi .i invite you to hunt boars here in my farm .

Hola Juan,

Igual me apunto el a�o proximo, si tengo tiempo (acabo de comprar una empresa y hay mucho que hacer). Ya me diras las opciones que propones (solo caza mayor, jabali, pecari, puma, cervidos - aves no)), con rifle, arco, lanza, daga (me da igual), y cuanto cobras... Asi podre ense�arte algo mucho mejor que la Cold Steel!