Rare rate 18th / early 19th Century Naval Boarding Pike

While Victorian Naval boarding pikes are scarce, their earlier counterparts are near unobtainable. Having a hand forged square-section spike, socket and langets, on a more slender shaft than later patterns. These were used concurrently with leaf-shaped-blade variants during the 18th and early 19th Centuries. An iconic naval weapon of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. (See Gilkerson's "Boarders Away"). 6' 8" long. Email for collection / delivery options

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