5 3/4" length. Thick diamond section elongated point with sharply angled barbs and tapered tang for securing to an iron bound socket on long wood shaft. Well over 1/4” thick and 2ounce weight! A siege warfare weapon with range sufficient to negate counter attack. This weapon was capable of splintering and destroying wood superstructure, of which the majority of castle and fort buildings were made. The barbs also assured that a strike on a man or horse was fatal.
