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This set consists of a steel spear tip and brass butt cap to make your own Greek dory. The hoplites from the 2nd and 3rd century BC. used the dory, or the one-handed spear. The spear consisted of a shaft 2 to 3 meters long, a spear tip and a butt cap (sauroter). The shaft cap was useful for inserting the spear into the ground, for counterbalance, and in case the shaft broke off it could be used as a spare spear. Both the spear tip and the butt cap have pre-drilled holes. Shafts and other accessories are available separately.
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Product details:
Material: brass (butt cap), steel (spear head)
Edge: semi-sharp
Length: 28 cm (spear), 27 cm (butt cap)
Length blade: 22 cm (spear)
Max width: 5.5 cm (spear)
Length point: 18 cm (butt cap)
Inner diameter base: 2.2 cm (spear and butt cap)
Weight: 260 g (spear head), 460 g (butt cap)
Based on a historic original
Shipping weight (grams): 1000
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