#spontoon

[r-e-d-s-h-i-f-t]

Homemade mini halberd and spontoon

[cutecuttlefish]

The sword of the day is the spontoon.

The spontoon is a polearm that looks very similar to a partizan; a spear with a pair of lugs or blades to each side of the main spearhead used for parrying. The head of a spontoon is typically not as ornate as a partizan, but it serves the same purpose. It is largely a ceremonial weapon, and this example would have been used as a signaling device by British sergeants during the American Revolutionary War. The main military tactic at the time consisted of coordinated volleys of musket shots, so the spontoon was useful for directing those. It would also have been an effective tool in melee combat, since it is still a spear.

[nakedinthecity]

Spontoon, 27.05.2023 Czersk Castle

[armthearmour]

A beautifully gilt Halberd-Spontoon,

OaL: 97.5 in/247.7 cm

Head Length: 13.5 in/34.3 cm

Width: 4.75 in/12.1 cm

Weight: 2.1 lbs/964 g

French, ca. 1600, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[collectorsweekly]

Steel spontoon (or half pike) weapon featuring a sun design, France, 18th century.

Via the Met.

[peashooter85]

German spontoon, early 18th century.

from The Philadelphia Museum of Art

[ableegumooch]

[fishstickmonkey]

Officer's Half-Pike (Spontoon)

Swedish, 1670/1700

Steel and wood (oak)

Art Institute of Chicago