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Hammers. 2 hours for 20 spears. So going by my spears, £8 for 40, you worked for £2 an hour I don't know what you do for a living, but if you'd done an hours overtime you could buy my spears and still be quids in.Only teasing, we do what we want, that's why it's a hobby.
Yep. I went through the same experience I used to do the very same thing with piano wire, pliers and a hammer, then file down the flattened ends to points using my Dremel. Then I discovered ready-made wire spears with nice regulation points, and I never looked back
Piano wire is *way* too hard - would take a lot of hammering.Brass flattens easily.
I like the NorthStar spears, and at 20p each for the 40 x 100mm pack I can't find anywhere that comes close to being as cheap buying the brass or iron rods myself.I would really like slightly thicker and shorter spears available though. So rather than 1mm wire (which I think these are) 1.5mm and 50mm long, for hefty spears and lances in 28mm scale. I don't mind if the metal's softer than the steel, like iron or brass.
Piano wire softens easily with a torch.
It’s beginning to sound like you are literally forging these spears....
It's easier than it sounds to mine iron ore you know. Then you smelt the rocks to extract the iron ...