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What a cool hybrid spear! I threw some javelin in college with some Olympians who really had a specific style for throwing amazing distances. I always thought of the javelin as a historic and ancient weapon that was part of a fighting style and main tool along with the shield and sword. There is a difference between throwing for distance and using the spear/javelin to fight and when thrown... it’s at different distances and angles and.... The Spartans, Romans, Zulu, Medieval Knights, Persians, Samurai and just about all of the iconic warriors from around the world and throughout earlier times, were the true practicers of the spear. Whether for hunting or fighting. All these amazing elements have always made me a dude who throws knives and tomahawks and FRISBEE’S!!! Seriously I have only had a couple of sessions of throwing this super well made item. The key to throwing spears for me has to do with releasing it with a spin (like throwing a spiral football). This allows strong direct vector and velocity for the other varied tipped spears from Cold Steel and other makers. This is basically a powerful serrated knife with a very long handle. I read some reviews that included concerns about the weight and relatively small diameter of the mil spec very strong and seemingly similar to grivory and other high end polymers that are an incredible evolution for so many different tools and products including this one. I wouldn’t be thinking about this as my go to defensive weapon when at my door in the middle of the night! It would certainly be a surprise for any creep. But for hunting and martial arts training... and especially for throwing at thick archery type targets with padding or tight hay. This is where I went. It’s really a tight and awesome thing to see and feel. This is a second segment of my archery practice that completes the long distance throwing and pulling releasing of arrows and now this spear and a few others. I started playing golf too late after playing football and baseball. My mind can’t accept anything but hitting baseballs at the batting cages or using my entire self at maximum strength during my too many years of football. The same with knife throwing or discus and.... when I used a pickax to remove trees at home. It wasn’t a style thing. In martial arts it’s both changing intensity and then using the power for defeating. I am writing a long review even for me... but I was trained for Texas warfare upon the fields of the 1970’s and 80’s. My world was constant weight lifting and martial arts mixed with combat fighting skills meant to be used upon the Rose Bowl field against some of the most incredible opponents possible. This spear brings all the years of my earlier life back into the war of football in those crazy days. The damage done to myself and so many friends and opponents were as harsh as the game was before the concussions and endless injuries took a terrible toll upon so many. But when something so powerful looking is also powerfully made; I now go out as a one some and play my favorite games of getting better at throwing this beautiful ‘golf club’ with strength and precision. I have many more sessions before I can say this about using this specific item. But it’s a lot of fun and a continuation of the skills that I have found and loved since forever. At this price; I may get a backup for my practice. In so many ways I recommend this totally.

It’s pretty cool. Durability is really good solid thick blade really good product for the price

The handle is solid, not hollow. Hardly any give when swinging this bad boy around. One of the reviews made me confused on this point, so FYI. This thing is heavy duty. It's a bit on the short side, but for a CQC scenario it would excel nonetheless. Super sharp out of the box. The sheath snaps together so it's not going to fly off when you're practicing with it on. The blade is thick and feels like it can take a beating. For stabbing and slashing it would work well. I'm not sure how much it will tolerate being thrown into wood, and I personally didn't get it for this purpose. For animal tissue it would have zero problems and hold up very well, I'm confident in saying. All in all, I'm very pleased I pulled the trigger on this somewhat impulse buy.

I love the design. By biggest gripe is it is a little on the small side. Kind of hard to find the overall length in the description. The blade size? Sure, the shaft size? Not so much. Still. It is a nice little javelin, not so much a spear. You can throw it and the balance seems good but I have bigger sticks.

I finally snapped the shaft after a year and a half, by swinging it like a baseball bat at thick brush and chopping through inch thick branches, so I’d say the durability is pretty impressive. It made a fantastic machete, with the leverage giving it amazing chopping power, and the length made it possible to hack through thorn bushes without risking my hands. Also fun to throw. So disappointed I can’t get another one. At least I have a wicked-looking knife now.

Can sum it up in one hyphenated word, bad-ass. This is a pretty awesome piece of weaponry/tool. The blade is thick and sturdy with nice sharp edges and serrations. It is nice and securely mounted with a strong tang fastened in the shaft with three steel rivets, very solid. The shaft is very strong and sturdy feeling. Good length for most any strikes and have a comfortable safe distance. Chopping, jabbing, defending, throwing, all good. It will do it. Be sure to read the description to know what you are getting because is not a tall spear like some are expecting, 44" tip to end. It's designed to be small, compact, durable, and very practical. It's everything I expected and more.

It's entertaining but not worth it

A fantastic spear. It seems to be on the same design as the kikuchi yari which was a tanto blade mounted on a spear staff. Which was created in the Japan on the Island of Kyushu in the middle ages. There was two types of Kikuchi yari one is slightly curve. Like the Naginata. The other straight . This is a fantastic weapon with sawed edge to be used for cutting tree branches as well as hunting or self defense against predators.

Really wanted this but it got stuck at the US/Canada border customs. It seems silly that this would be sold on the canadian amazon yet the item won't make it past the border...