Gentleman of Fortune Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 I did a quick google scan for an ash pole (between 1-1.5 inch diameter) to attach a boarding pike head to. I am not coming up with anything.... I think for our period, we need at least 8'. Any ideas? Greg Come aboard my pirate re-enacting site http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/ Where you will find lots of information on building your authentic Pirate Impression!
Alder Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 The best I was able to locate was 84" long x 1 1/4" diameter http://www.firebloodarms.com/FB10009.html Custom might be possible but expensive http://www.alexandriamoulding.com/ If I get a chance I will check other sources. A.W. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Twain
Gentleman of Fortune Posted October 4, 2006 Author Posted October 4, 2006 Maybe I am not just looking for the right words either.... I got a few more results with searching for Ash Dowel, by the largest one online is 48". I am assuming that I can e-mail those companies and see if they can do 96" or longer.... Greg Come aboard my pirate re-enacting site http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/ Where you will find lots of information on building your authentic Pirate Impression!
Patrick Hand Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Didn't Musiem Replicas carry ash poles a few years ago?
Fox Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 You can probably pick one up at TORM, but getting it home might be fun! A lot of hardware shops in the UK carry thick ash dowel in longer lengths as well, if I have time I'll see what I can find you. I'm not convinced that boarding pikes need to be all of 8'. Traditional "half pikes" should have been 7-8', but later boarding pikes were often as little as 6' Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
Captain Midnight Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Ahoy Greg, I used to be a late Roman reenactor and bought the ash shaft for my spear from a mail order company called By The Sword. Spears and Ash Poles They are a company out of Florida in the USA, and I have gotten very good service from them in the past. I believe the shaft is about $30 U.S. The shaft I bought for my spear is 7 feet long. Hope this helps you out. "Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains 'til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again?" ---Captain William Kidd--- (1945)
Story Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Any ideas?Greg White Pages, local lumber yards. Describe what you want, ask where they'd get it. Dances for nickels.
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