Questions about spear related weapon augmentation.

[Bill_in_IN]

Originally Posted by Shostak

Such a brace would make the spear much less able to be maneuvered. I suspect anyone using a spear this way in a fight would get selected out of the gene pool pretty quickly.

Possibly. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. I just hadn't seen any references to such spear related devices. I'm sure that something like that has been tried but, like I said, the overall practicality may have been in question if the cons outweigh the pros.