02-06-2008, 04:29 PM
I wonder if they were used in battlefield situations at all. If so, we would have found a lot more then a few in a pit here and there. More likely they were used in the same way as a perimeter minefield or to deny easy acces over a road, certainly at night. You can round them up by drawing a netting over the surface, like sweeping for tracks or smoothening the tennisgravel. The Z shaped ones on a stake are often found in relation to wolfpits around a fortification. And yes, stepping on one of these could ruin your day.
Mind you, I once put a nail through the sole of my shoe, stood on the board to yank it out and briskly walked home, making little squishy sounds as my sock turned red. It was not unbelievable painfull untill someone chose to clean it with a swab dripping of iodine
Now, for horses ....... 
hock:
Mind you, I once put a nail through the sole of my shoe, stood on the board to yank it out and briskly walked home, making little squishy sounds as my sock turned red. It was not unbelievable painfull untill someone chose to clean it with a swab dripping of iodine
Now, for horses ....... hock:
