Spear Tech

[Porthos]

Having found a spool of wire, duct tape, and overgrip amongst my weapons building supplies, I discovered the joys of counterweighting for spears.

Yes, spears. I don't recall seeing this before, but for those of you who want a better, more enhanced spearing experience, might I reccomend some wire, and over grip?

Not only does it change the balance dynamics of a low profile spear, moving the balance point down 9-10 inches from where it was previously (which, might not seem like much, but there is a difference), it creates a better, more easily handled spear. On an extended stab (one handed, with a 10-2 twist) the spear does not dip down as much it normally would. Furthermore, I've noticed my accuracy has increased with it, as I don't have to compensate as much any more for the slight drop that occurs when stabbing.

I know it seems fairly obvious, but I don't recall seeing many people with this. I had hopes for increased effectiveness, but this exceeded my hopes with how decently it turned out. The only problem is that in order to get the maximum amount of weight, you tend to create a larger back-handle hold. Meaning that holding a weapon in your offhand becomes more difficult since there is now more to hold on to.

So, what have other spear afficianado's been doing?

[Sir Beauregaurd]

gorilla glue a chunk of rebar in the handle works good for the same effect. with band shop diameter i had a chunk of drive line from a machine, about 5 inches, was amazing until xiao broke it. now i dont let people use my favorite stuff.

couple other options for good grip, take athletic tape, pull about about 2 feet, spin it while attached to the roll so the sticky side stays out. makes like a sticky rope, spiral wrap the handle with about a finger width between the tape. then with out ripping the tape wrap it back down with the unspun portion of tape to lock it into position. commonly refered to as a hockey wrap, common in hockey sticks. so comfy, and never rolls up, much easier to make peopel squak/quack.

[Porthos]

I didn't think about rebar...that's a damn good idea. I was thinking carriage bolts, but rebar is denser and provides more weight, IIRC. I'll have to try to do that before Fest, I just need to get rebar the right length before 'Fest.

The grip is a little distorted because of the wire. It's only the second time I've wrapped something, so getting it right is still a work in progress.

I've a tendency to get blisters on my forehand from extended spearing. What would be something to wrap around the exposed shaft that is A) Lightweight B) smooth enough to allow the spear to slide and C) will pad enough to make the spear softer? It's not that big of a concern, but if there's something that works, I'm all for investing a bit into my primary weapon.

Also, the spear is now 4 years old, used fairly regularly, and I've yet to have to replace any crucial bits- just re-wrapping of tape. Bo, you make good shit

[Sir Beauregaurd]

use good 2 sided tape, and a tennis wrap, but dont let the tennis wrap over lap itself, just wrap it so the edges are perfectly touching. is awesome on mini glaves because you push and pull the grips with swinging and stabbing.

you can also look for a baseball bat wrap. it is rubber, you roll it up like a doughnut and get it into position then unroll it. makes a nice tight rubber grip.