Down Spear - Core is made of 3/4" PVC pipe extending on a graphite golf club shaft. - Frost King 1/2" insulation for the padded portion. - Standard Pipe Insulation with no slit (2 3/4" outer diameter diameter & 1/2" inner diameter) for the strike legal portion. - Stab tip includes a 3/4" plug of rolled foamie craft foam reinforced with fiberglass strapping tape at the top of the golf shaft inside the pipe insulation. On top of the Insulation's tip are 3 disks of foam. Puzzle Mat>Blue Camp Pad>Blue Camp Pad (each held down with spray adhesive. - Whole strike legal and padded portion is covered with a skin of packing tape.
thank you for all of your very useful down sear tips.
I'm getting back into it after yeeeeaaaars.... im too lazy to make a new shield, so downspear it is. I was good once. Like in my 20's
Where do you buy your down spears?
Or do you make them?
If do, what kind of core and foam do you like?
Turek (from my intro to fighting and weeb stances videos) is my foamsmith. I can ask him for details, but I don't know them 😅
Down Spear
- Core is made of 3/4" PVC pipe extending on a graphite golf club shaft.
- Frost King 1/2" insulation for the padded portion.
- Standard Pipe Insulation with no slit (2 3/4" outer diameter diameter & 1/2" inner diameter) for the strike legal portion.
- Stab tip includes a 3/4" plug of rolled foamie craft foam reinforced with fiberglass strapping tape at the top of the golf shaft inside the pipe insulation. On top of the Insulation's tip are 3 disks of foam. Puzzle Mat>Blue Camp Pad>Blue Camp Pad (each held down with spray adhesive.
- Whole strike legal and padded portion is covered with a skin of packing tape.
Many thanks Tim! I appreciate the info!
610 or 608 kitespar males great downspear cores. For foam use whatever you normally use on a sword.
Love the vid!