"Source for spear and halbred tips-" Topic

Dear All,
I am looking for 15mm/18mm spear tip and halbred tips to place on my wire replacement for broken flag staffs and 1806/1809 NCO "arms".
Any good resources that carry them?
Prefer USA but will go abroad, if necessary.

thanks
MG

None that I know of, and I looked for quite a long time. But I used a hammer and an anvil to good effect to create a spear tip for some of my 1806 Prussians Flag poles.

I have tried to avoid officers and NCOs with halberds for this reason.

One thought I did toy with, although never tried out, was to glue a small piece of paper about the depth of the halberd blade around the brass rod, wait until completely dry and then trim to the approximation of a halberd blade with a sharp scalpel. Once painted and mixed into the unit it could give the illusion of a halberd blade.

I do use the hammer and anvil method for flagpoles, I used to use the flat sides of a larger hammer as an anvil before being given a small anvil as a present.

If you have a small grinding wheel – one on a Dremmel works very well – you can easily make your own without resorting to hammer and anvil. Cut the length you want from florists wire of the desired diameter – don't use steel wire as this won't work – and grind the piece of wire to a point (careful it gets hot). Then, with the flat bit of a pair of pliers, flatten the bit you've just ground to a point. Works a treat – I'm replacing all the bent poles on a very large AB Napoleonic British army at the moment. Cheep as chips too.

I actually made a bunch of 15mm halberdiers using wire and greenstuff to convert pikemen. It was surprisingly easy and they look pretty darn good. I made a pie shape piece the size I wanted, squeezed the blade with my fingers to bevel the cutting edge. Try it!

Guys this is not very encouraging, especially the halbreads.
I have not been happy with the hammer and anvil for the flag poles.
I will take a look at the florist wire to understand the difference and why it may work better per your method.

I can't believe the suppliers have stopped supplying such. I knew I should have bought more at that time….

MG

Greg,

It is a doddle. The first few I did took me ages because I did them from a single piece of wire (I use something smaller than 20 gauge in 15mm) and then cut them to length.

If you cut them all out and then do the grinding and flattening, it goes much quicker. You will soon work out how pointed you prefer them.

I use a small pair of pliers that have long flat faces to make the heads.

Works a treat for javelins and spears too.

Donnington have what you are looking for:

link

I struggle with dancing girls with one arm 6 inches longer than the other (not literally of course).

What does an Austrian halberd look like?

@ CATenWolde

Thank for the link! I have requested more info from them.

MG

I usually after making my spears using wire, blunt them a little bit, because they can be painful in making moves if you don't. Don't have to blunt them much.

Terry