This won't exactly be a review. It will be more of a "How To" create this weapon and I will demonstrate what it is exactly capable of.

What you will need
1. Telescopic pole used for painting. 30 inches long closed, 48 inches long opened
2. Steak Knife. One with a skinny handle. 13 inches long. Make sure the knife has a full tang though. It will make all the difference.
3. Black zip ties. I used 6 but will add more to make it stronger.

I purchased the knife at Wal-Mart for $3.99 and I purchased the staff at Lowes for $13.99. I had the zip ties already.

Here is the finished product:

The picture to the left is when it is closed. That katana above it is 40 inches long so you can tell that it is about 35-37 inches with the steak knife attached.

It reminds me a little bit of the spear the evil elf uses in Hellboy 2. It is as structurally sound as my spear that is made of one piece of wood.


One way that this weapon could be used while it's closed is as an axe or hatchet. I was chopping branches, very efficiently. The leverage and added weight of the knife makes it easy to use this way. It's not perfect but it certainly will do the trick in a pinch. Also, while it's closed, it can easily be stored on your pack. It's not very heavy and certainly not bulky.





As you can plainly tell, it almost doubles in size. At this point, it's a much larger weapon and can be thrown much accurately. It is a little smaller than a standard bo staff and weighs about as much.

You would assume that it isn't as sound, structurally, because it's longer and isn't as dense at this point [opened]. However, I was just outside beating it off of a tree branch very hard. As hard as I would against an undead foe. It held up as good as any other staff or spear I own.

Another great feature of having this spear opened is that you are able to use it as a walking stick. It's certainly long and strong enough to do so and it has a natural handle by complete accident. You just grab on to the handle of the knife.

Right now, I will be working on creating/sewing a sheath for the knife. I am also starting to draw up ideas for making it so you can remove the knife and put another tool on the end of it. Such as a saw, flashlight, claw, and various other tools that would be useful for surviving.

What's great about the pole is that it is threaded at the end where the spear head is, so I will be able construct something that can be screwed on and removed to add another tool.


This is what the spear head looks like. It is zip tied on to the end of the pole. The fact that the knife is full tang makes it very secure. I threw this spear at pieces of ply wood, trees, a jug of water, etc... and it stayed completely in place each throw.

I also sharpened the knife before I put it on. While the spear was in the close/short position, I was able to slice through a 20 oz bottle of water.

Using katana's helped me out with this very much because with a katana, you basically want to only use the last 6-8 inches of the blade. With this spear, you only use the very end, which is about the same length.

I was very surprised when I tried thrusting with it. Up against a tree, I extened the pole and thrusted very hard with the pole. It didn't seem to give at all and the blade made it's way as far in the the tree as it does with my hard wood spear that is one piece.

Overall, I wouldn't say this is the most structurally sounds spear there is. In all actuallity, it's no where near as sound as those made of one piece of wood. However, this is a very diverse weapon/tool. I can't see how taking one along with you would burden you at all.

I'm not going to rate this spear as I have with other weapons in the past because it doesn't come from a production line. Mine will certainly be different from yours so I can't say how it will work for you.