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Hello Daniel,
do you understand German? If so, you should try to get hold of this article: [hide]http://opac.regesta-imperii.de/lang_en/anzeige.php?aufsatz=Der+friesische+Sprungspeer%3A+auf+Spurensuche+nach+einem+vergessenen+mittelalterlichen+Mehrzweckger%C3%A4t+der+Marschleute+an+der+Nordsee-K%C3%BCste&pk=497523[/hide].
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Please be advised these spears are dated in the Middle Ages. I cannot open that article, but am willing to translate the gist of it if someone has it digitaly available as a download.
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Right! Well, what I can make of the tekst suggests a "pole-vaulting spear" , a spear with a sort of vork at its base to enable its use in crossing small waterways. Sort of Multi purpose instument for both self defence and the more mundain use. Dating is 1250 AD, so well into the Middle Ages.