Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's by far the most common on historical battlefields across the globe, and obviously highly effective. But does the spear really deserve the title "King of Weapons"? Is it perhaps a little overhyped now, in sort of an over-correction from when it was underrated and overshadowed by swords?
*** Sources ***
heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF65471-Early-Upper-Palaeolithic-and-Early-Neolithic-worked-flints&Index=56698&RecordCount=57339&SessionID=c79ba433-dd07-4daa-8ee5-751e59067506
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49498
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_Age,_Bronze_spearhead_(FindID_735096).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_medieval,_Iron_Spear_(FindID_583877).jpg
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/30644
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106208/arming-sword
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/29012
clevelandart.org/art/1916.1801
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/30101
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/25624
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Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc:
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Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords:
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It's by far the most common on historical battlefields across the globe, and obviously highly effective. But does the spear really deserve the title "King of Weapons"? Is it perhaps a little overhyped now, in sort of an over-correction from when it was underrated and overshadowed by swords?
*** Sources ***
heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF65471-Early-Upper-Palaeolithic-and-Early-Neolithic-worked-flints&Index=56698&RecordCount=57339&SessionID=c79ba433-dd07-4daa-8ee5-751e59067506
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49498
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_Age,_Bronze_spearhead_(FindID_735096).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_medieval,_Iron_Spear_(FindID_583877).jpg
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/30644
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106208/arming-sword
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/29012
clevelandart.org/art/1916.1801
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/30101
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/25624
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youtube.com/channel/UC3WIohkLkH4GFoMrrWVZZFA/join
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Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc:
kultofathena.com/?koa=259
Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords:
woodenswords.com/?Click=1799
GamerSupps powdered energy drinks and other stuff (I particularly like the SUS snack bars):
gamersupps.gg/Skall
I highly recommend the balms and oils from Beard Sorcery:
beardsorcery.com/?ref=0UEFtHWvZEmtD
Books about history, martial arts, swords, knives, video/audio equipment, and other stuff I recommend:
US - amazon.com/shop/skallagrimnilsson
Canada - amzn.to/2HeOCMA
*** Other social media ***
https://bsky.app/profile/skallagrim.bsky.social
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#skallagrim #history #historicalweapons #spear #polearms #medieval
