The Four Distances of the Spear
The Four Distances of the Spear, Prologue. The spear is the main weapon of historical and prehistorical combat from pre-humanity ( Clacton Spear - Wikipedia ) to the 18th century. During written history it has been mostly paired with shields when used for combat. The main focus of the Hirdmenn group has long been fighting with late germanic style center grip shields. The most common weapon combined with this weapon is the spear. There are many kinds of spears used with our favorite shield type, but simply the length of the shaft of the weapon varies hugely. (See related video from Alexander here: What can we say about early medieval and viking age spears? | 1 Length ) This means there is not just one style of fighting with this weapon, but many different contexts and uses for it. That being said, the most common length of the spears we work with range from the tip on eye level to “one can just touch the tip”. What I (Arttu) am going to talk about relates to shaft lengths that are i