This is a product I actually purchased and really used. I went boar hunting and this particular model was on a list of recommendations. I wound up getting this one and the marketing was full of shit like this.
It did get the job done. My chief complaint is that I think the blade should be bigger because if I'm getting that close, I want to make a bigger hole. That and the crossguard should be bigger.
But outside the very niche hobby of hunting things with spears I can't think of a single practical use for this thing that there isn't a readily available, far better alternative. Maybe home defense if you have a felony conviction so you can't own a gun and that's the best yku can do.
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Get a boar spear
The Cold Steel one? That is the EXACT model I have now! It looks far better but ive yet to test in the field (I'm a northerner so this is something I have to travel to do).
Be like markiplier. Get a boar spear.
Mmmyes, but can you throw it?
Yes you can and I'd imagine there are a lot of suburban dads who are pissed about their idiot kid throwing that the fucking maple tree.
I see, very good very good, but can you recall it to your hand using only your mind? Granted, one could just walk over and pick it up, but telekinesis is way cooler!
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That requires the deluxe model
I’ve got one of those in my closet lol. Mine is reapr branded I believe. One of the most mall ninja things I own besides a display sword I got as a gift years ago. I’ve never used it for anything but I have seen some vids of dudes trying to boar hunt with something similar. Where were you hunting? Were you in a tree or on the ground? Also, did you ever feel like it was gonna go wrong somehow, like you getting attacked or something else?
I've only done it twice. Both times the general strategy is ride around on an ATV until you see one and then jump off and have at em. First time I had catch dog to help grab ahold of it. Second time it was too hot for the dog and that was just run up and start stabbing.
With the dog its way more of a slow an precise strike because you really, really don't wanna hit the dog. Without the dog its much faster paced. I didn't get gored or bit either time but the second one did initially run at me after I got em the first time but a second stab got em to change its mind.
You do this in redneck ass areas in the deep south. A lot of landowners have side businesses where they let people do this on their land for a couple hundred. Avoid places that also offer hunts for weird/exotic animals not native to the area.
If someone can hit and mortally wound a boar from a helicopter with that, they earn the right to carry it in public.
Theyve also earned the displeasure of khorne for throwing it from a helicopter.
Hell yeah baby 30% reinforced fiber glass handle. Oh yeah.
I know that's what our SWAT guys roll with. Spear, and LONGER spear.
Now I’m just trying to picture any possible use case in the real world for SWAT or an equivalent to use tactical spears. I got nothing.
When you need to stand someone from far away
Bullets can stab from much further away, though…
Obviously for zombies like that ending scene from Moscow in world war z
Probably be better off with a Bayonet. You don't want to switch weapons out when a boar is charging you.
edit: felons can still purchase black powder weapons
I feel like black powder would only be viable if you had a bunch of preloaded pistols attached to your person like Blackbeard.
You're thinking too old. Blackpowder was used up until the late 1800s. There are plenty of black powder revolvers that meet the "not a firearm" definition.
Fuck it. Get a pepperbox.
It is even more effective if you yell "Sigmar, bless this shot!" every time you are about to fire.
It goes great with your ‘Nondescript Masked Henchman in a Cyberpunk Dystopia Movie’ costume.
See now I actually did laugh out loud at that one!
I’ve always wanted one of these
SOG sells a very similar spear at Tractor Supply and Academy Sports for $50. I couldn't resist and bought one. I've had a few wildlife encounters on my property where it might have come in handy.
Cattle prod
Part of me feels like a spear might come in handy one day and I might want to get one. I don't usually listen to that part of me unless I wanna go back to jail but sometimes scary me has good ideas
Zombie apocalypse weapon
Meanwhile, mall ninja’s saying, “Ackshually, it’s a modern naginata!”
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OF COURSE
Do they make swat halberds too?
Imagine getting into road rage, and the other person pulls up a spear