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Scottish Spear illustrations?
Mar 5^th, 2021 at 1:29pm

So this year my wife and I are learning about Scotland in general. I was leafing through "The Clans of the Scottish Highlands", which I'm aware is not what it purports to be but is still an interesting source.

The spears are presented with round balls on the butt end. I have not seen spears like that. Does anyone know if that is historical? Or artistic license? Google and bing don't turn up much.

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Reply #2 - Mar 6^th, 2021 at 4:25pm

I took some pictures today to upload.

The source is RR Mcian's "The Clans of the scottish highlands" published in 1845 and is an......mmmm.... idealized reference.But some of the weapons that are illustrated (all metal pistols, the scottish version of the halberd, the swords) are accurate or at least in the neighborhood. Spears like this I've never seen before.

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Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2021 at 7:35pm

Hm. I can't find anything about those.

One thing I did find was that the Picts were also described with similar counterweights at the ends of their spears. And that Mciann's drawings were romanticized.

Be careful googling Pict spears though. The Picts were said to fight naked and you're liable to get an eyeful.

But here's a Pict spear with the same bulb.

A similar, but longer, spear can be found here: https://allthatsinteresting.com/picts ; The description reads: "A depiction of a Pict warrior, painted as described in Roman history."

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