Making a spear

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

You don't need any skill to make a sharpened stick except perhaps the competence not to cut yourself with a knife.

And yet a spear is more than just a sharpened stick, even when it is nothing but a length of wood with a pointy end.

Part of the skill is in finding a length of wood that won't break on first use, is easily griped, isn't poisonous, etc.