Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-25936766-20170605145721

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Arkantos95 wrote:I mean, most spears I've seen that aren't for the exclusive use of cavalrymen had slashing tips.

Define "slashing tip". The tip of the blade of a spear in itself can cut, the same way a syringue or a needle can cut.

But the blade itself was not designed for slashing, it was designed for piercing via thrusts. Depending on the blade's design, cutting with anything but the very tip was impossible.

Also was the point being argued that there were spears used exclusively to cut, or was it simply whether there were spears used for slashing?

73 mentioned, when the "slashing spear" argument began, "a spear made for stabbing (not slashing)". Which implies there were spears made for slashing. As in, their main usage was not to thrust and pierce, but to swing and cut.

Some spears have blades that can cut well, that actually are capable of it, but no spear as far as I've seen was designed FOR slashing, at least slashing before stabbing.

Closest I can think of for a "slashing spear" is a Glaive, which is still a different kind of polearm whose general-use resembled that of voulges, quarterstaves and spontoons more (and FYI, they were used on horseback).