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gooseblaster49707:
--- Quote from: spearinfool on Feb 13, 2011, 03:30 PM ---hey, i'm new to this site. i'm looking to buy a new spear. i have a nine tine i bought from knutsons in brooklym mi and i speared a pretty good pike with and it swam off and bent my tines so, now i'm looking for good one that wont bend. i really like some of the ones you guys made. would anyone be interested in making one for me?
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before you ask someone to make you a spear there alot of things YOU need to do.
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#1 - number of tines, length of tines and size (width/diameter of tine and size of head/spacing of tines). might as well add material to this too. carbon steel, stainless, chrome-moly, etc. . . .round, square or hex stock.
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#2 - weight and balance.
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#3 length of handle and material. top of handle included in this - straight shaft, tapered, or ball top. a wood handle is harder to balance than metal, etc. a 6 foot long handle is harder to true and balance than a 4' handle. the thicker the handle material, the easier it is to balance = 1/2'' handle is EZ'er to work with than 1/4''.
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#4 - type of barbs. silver soldered or brazed on or, cut and notched from shaft with a saw/grinder.
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#5 weighted head or just the stock/material for weight. NOTE, the heavier the head, the easier it is to guide. never ''throw'' a spear.
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#6. you've already felt the pain of a production spear. Knutsons is a reputable seller/store, they can't cover all the bases. the spears they sell are like from other stores, they are production made, cheap to buy. not the best ever. modifiable, maybe.
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good spears are not cheap. custom spears are more money yet. heat treating alone cost around $50.00 for me added to the cost of the spear material and labor. add cyro treatment on top of that (heat to 300 degrees - freeze to -300 degrees) is another $40.00. that's $90.00 after the spear has been ''built''.
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not trying to scare you off on anything you think you want. a custom rifle always costs more than one off the rack at wal-mart. will the custom shoot better and be more reliable than the wally-world gun? probably. is it worth the $ $ $? totally up to you.
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a good spear will last 4+ lifetimes. my 5 tine back-up spear is over 60 years old. hand built. PRICELESS. my main sticker is a handmade 7 tine - 1 1/2'' spacing, cut barb, 1/4'' carbon steel, round stock tines, heat treated and cyro'd. add a 5' x 1/2'' shaft, ball top, golf club, tapered grip material at 4'. cost? , you guess.
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90% of the comercial built spears sold today will hold 90% of the fish cleanly hit for under $70.00. it's the other 10%-10% that bothers me.
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i know not all readers will agree with this post, but, i had to say it. i'll take my custom rifle to the deer blind, i'll take the custom built, S&W 45acp revolver with it. i'll take the custom spear(s) to the shack and that's just the way it works in my world. i'll live without ''other things'' in my life to have what i ''want''. that includes the St. Croix 9' sc-IV steelhead rod and the 13'-6'' Sage that goes to the river with me along with the shimano sustain reels.
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bragging - NO - eating PB&J, canned pasta, or bologana to have toys i want - Y E S. drinking cheap beer instead of Bud, Y E S. Canadian Hunter instead of Jack Daniels, Y E S. Trader Vic's instead of Capt. Morgan, Y E S. in my world, i can live with it.
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always keep your spear protected in a holder of some sorts when not in use. never grind on a good spear. never more than a medium file and a whetstone after it has been properly tuned and balanced. P E R I O D.
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best of luck. spearing pike, burbot and whitefish make the winters bearable around here.
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nin akawawa:
couldn't agree more. Where I live most people are spearing with the old 20-40 year old spears. Why? Because they are the best. Handmade, fly true, dont splash and make noise, the fish don't get off.
spearinfool:
thanks for the info. i'll have to do some shopping in the offseason. i've heard alot about the amish made spears. but, where would i start looking?
minnowguy:
Here are a few pictures of my first attempts at making some spears:
JCrean:
Dave Pawlak Darkhouse spear, with a little of my own doodling on it.
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