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Originally Posted by RyanW
which makes me think it isn't the kind of heavy hardwood pole that a spear shaft would be made of.
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Weapon shafts weren't just made from hardwood, they were made from slow-growth saplings or coppiced branches so that the heartwood and sapwood were both employed and the growth rings were completely contained within the shaft. These poles are much stronger and generally more resilient than modern poles, which tend to be carved from much larger chunks of wood taken from plantation timber grown as quickly as possible.
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