Greek Sauroter Spear Buttcap- Steel – Deepeeka
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Overview
Greek Sauroter Spear Buttcap- Steel - Deepeeka
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.
- Socket Diameter Approximately: 7/8''
- Spike Length: 8"
Specifications
Every measurement that matters
- Brand
- Deepeeka
- Culture
- Greek
- Era
- Ancient
- Overall Length
- 12 3/4''
- Blade
- C60 High Carbon Steel
- Weight
- 1 lb 2.5 oz
- Class
- Battle Ready
- Country of Origin
- India
- Type
- Butt Cap
- Socket
- 7/8''
- Dimensions
- Spike: 8''
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The Maker
Deepeeka
Deepeeka creates an astonishing variety of replica weapons, armor, and re-enactment accessories that range from Classical Antiquity to the 20th Century. Deepeeka has been crafting replicas since the 1980s and their products are essential gear for many re-enactment groups. Many swords, daggers and other weapons made by Deepeeka are durably crafted and budget-friendly offerings. The steel is good and well-tempered and their leathercraft and woodworking are of excellent quality. Deepeeka’s products are handcrafted and (in the case of blades, hand-hammered) are a good deal for those who want a quality item at a good price.
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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.
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.
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.