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Greek Sauroter Spear Buttcap- Steel – Deepeeka

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(3 customer reviews)

$26.92$30.95

This Greek Sauroter Butt Cap is forged from steel and is ready to be mounted onto your own wooden Dory spear pole end. Its pair of pre-drilled holes allow for it to be secured in its mounting with screws or nails. Mounting hardware is not included.

Although its primary function is to be a counterbalance to the spearhead, the Sauroter can function as a spiked spearhead in its own right should a speartip be broken or damaged in battle. Sauroter means lizard killer – a reference perhaps to soldiers on guard duty spearing a wayward reptile. The Sauroter may have also functioned as a method for dispatching wounded foes on the ground. In the tight confines of a compressed phalanx it may have been impossible or inadvisable to turn a spear around to strike a foe on the ground, but the spiked sauroter would have done the job quite well, particularly with the full mass of the spear behind it in a powerful downward blow.

Overall Length12 3/4''
Weight1 lb 2.5 oz
Blade [EN45 High Carbon Steel]
DimensionsSpike: 8''
TypeButt Cap
ClassBattle Ready
CultureGreek
ManufacturerDeepeeka
Country of OriginIndia

3 reviews for Greek Sauroter Spear Buttcap- Steel – Deepeeka

  1. Jeramy Rich (verified owner)

    I was excited to finally get a hold of one of these and when it came in weight wise and aesthetically it did not disappoint. Everything about it seemed amazing until I went to rivet it to a shaft. I used a light ball peen hammer with an annealed rivet the same kind I’ve used a thousand times before. When the rivet began to mushroom out the buttcap cracked like glass. I’m giving this one star because not only am I out a buttcap but I’m also out a custom sized spear shaft.

  2. Jefferson M

    I’ve fitted three of these butt caps on three different spears, and I’ve had no problems. My son attached one to a walking stick and has taken occasionally taken it on walks through rocky woodlands, and it seems to have held up pretty well.

  3. Sebastian Rindal (verified owner)

    what can i say?
    looks good whit some blemishes and the shaft is a bit bent, but nothing too bad.
    And yes you can use it as a dagger by holding on the end.

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