05-03-2007, 09:11 AM
I've just looked again at Connolly's illustration and I see that you're right, the spearhead is a good deal longer than I remembered. Even so, I don't think it's as long, proportionate to the counterpoise, as the Deepeeka version. Neither is it as wide. I think there's scope for a substantial reduction in size and weight. Looking at Andronicos's book again, I see that he has the shortest down as 33cm, but I also note that they are more like needles than spoons!