Re: Wood pole spear? Dumb idea?
We played around with a bamboo pole spear. I'll see if I can find a picture. We split it thin, then pulled it through a dowel former (think very long bamboo skewers). we put them together with epoxy, under vacuum, in a PVA bag. With a forming mold around the whole thing. I know that sounds like a lot of trouble but we were actually working out techniques for making bamboo bicycles. (Nerd contests). For the pole spear we made it with a triangular-ish profile. Maximized strength without creating a bulky grip.
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