spear tip

can someone recommend where to buy or how to make a detachable spear tip for a diy wood spear; something you can lash in the forest and use for spear fishing or protecting yourself from wild animals?

thanks

Tent stake, pocket knife, sharpened sticks, the possibilities are endless. As long as it has or can be made to have a sharp tip and can be lashed to the end of a long stick, you're golden. If you can file ridges in it to prevent your fish from slipping off, even better. Good luck.

A broadhead arrowhead makes a decent spear tip. Pain in the neck to carry, though, lots of sharp edges and pointies.

Unsurprisingly, you can buy ready made spear heads. Not ultralight, definitely illegal in most states--and please don't blame me when a grizzly takes your spear and beats the h*** out of you with it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I recommend a book by Hilary Stewart called "Indian Fishing". It has a section about the fabrication and use of spears and gaff hooks in fishing, and it is very informative. I've thought of stashing a large saltwater hook in my kit for gaffing, but it wouldn't really fulfill any other purposes, so I haven't done it.

Jimshaw makes his own knives and arrows and stuff...ask him. I am curious as to what "wild animals" are like in your neck o' the woods? I hike and camp in cougar, bear, rattle snake country all the time and have never needed a spear.

BF

Check a scuba diving shop or a marine boat shop. I have seen spear tips at both type of places.

Buy some nails. You tie 3 or 4 to the end.

How about this?

http://gofastandlight.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=521&category_id=60


BF <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

http://www.rrtraders.com/weapons/sa12.htm

I like Zulu spears - those things look wicked. Not much good for fishing, though.

Not much of a frog gig, but this will do multiple duty.

http://www.knivesplus.com/cold-steel-knives-cs-95busc.html