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Not the best, but shorten the wood and set the butt-spike back to the new end.
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The problem is that threaded rod, it's inside the shaft and not the butt spike.
My brother-in-law suggested pretty much the same thing. Cut the two pieces so that they are flat and find a way to fit them together.
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The butt spike is the problem, it is not a but spike it looks like it was made for a gardening tool a dibber ? They are a few ways to repair but this is what I would suggest. First ditch the spike and get hold of a hollow butt spike the break is clean so leave as is as has more surface area to glue. Drill a centre hole in both pieces and use a couple inches hard wood dowel the help keep the two pieces together, use a good waterproof glue. I would taper shaft to take the new spike. Then find a piece of thin walled metal tubing to slide over break and glue in place ( even if you need to shave the shaft down for a flush fit ) then fit but spike on. Or if you can have a butt spike made that can do it in one go. This should strengthing the area and keep it at its length. I also agree with Jurjen but put a hollow spike on, especially if you can still throw it at its current length
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Brennivs,
Thanks for the idea of using thin walled tubing, I'll see what I can find locally. I think that's going to be the best way to stabilize the shaft. Any idea on where to find a hollow butt spike? I've searched a bit but didn't find anything.
I should also take this moment to point out that this is one of the two poorly made pila that cost about $90. I think they were from Nauticalmart off of Amazon. They were bought to 'look the part' to people who don't know what they're looking at for re-enactments at my church. I did manage to get my hands on some nicer pila recently so I'm not too worried about how the pilum looks when repaired.
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