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#95295 - 04/27/08 01:57 PM spear tip
anarky321 Offline
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Registered: 04/27/08
Posts: 2
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

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#95296 - 04/27/08 03:10 PM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
judach Offline
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Registered: 04/01/07
Posts: 63
Loc: California, USA
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.

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#95297 - 04/27/08 03:19 PM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
Paddy_Crow Offline
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Registered: 11/08/04
Posts: 2285
Loc: Michigan
A broadhead arrowhead makes a decent spear tip. Pain in the neck to carry, though, lots of sharp edges and pointies.

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#95298 - 04/27/08 04:43 PM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
lars Offline
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Registered: 01/31/03
Posts: 152
Loc: Bay Area
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="" />

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#95299 - 04/27/08 05:50 PM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
Wolfeye Offline
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Registered: 01/11/07
Posts: 413
Loc: Seattle, WA
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.

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#95300 - 04/27/08 06:11 PM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
bigfoot2 Offline
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Registered: 09/17/06
Posts: 1432
Loc: Eugene , Oregon
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.

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#95301 - 04/28/08 04:20 AM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
rotifer99 Offline
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Registered: 08/25/03
Posts: 66
Check a scuba diving shop or a marine boat shop. I have seen spear tips at both type of places.

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#95302 - 04/28/08 06:56 AM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
finallyME Offline
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Registered: 09/24/07
Posts: 2710
Loc: Utah
Buy some nails. You tie 3 or 4 to the end.
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#95303 - 04/28/08 05:11 PM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
bigfoot2 Offline
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Registered: 09/17/06
Posts: 1432
Loc: Eugene , Oregon
How about this?

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


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#95304 - 04/28/08 05:20 PM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
hootyhoo Offline
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Registered: 12/14/06
Posts: 686
Loc: Cyberspace
http://www.rrtraders.com/weapons/sa12.htm

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

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#95305 - 04/30/08 03:33 PM Re: spear tip [Re: anarky321]
CCH Offline
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Registered: 01/27/04
Posts: 124
Loc: Colorado
Not much of a frog gig, but this will do multiple duty.

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

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