{"id":853,"date":"2019-06-14T09:42:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T09:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/survivaljar.com\/?p=853"},"modified":"2019-06-14T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T09:42:21","slug":"how-to-make-a-fishing-spear-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/survivaljar.com\/how-to-make-a-fishing-spear-head\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a fishing spear head fast."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a survival situation, the ability to catch fish using a spear can mean the difference between life and death. For thousands of years, indigenous people from many nations on earth have used fishing spears to catch food. Traditional spearfishing is a true and proven method of catching fish of any size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you look close enough by a river, stream or standing on the side of a bank you can see freshwater fish feeding and swimming about. This is where having a homemade fishing spear can come in handy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two main designs of fishing spears, single barb and multi barb head spears. These can be made out of metal or wood depending on the materials available. Each will target a different type of fish, and in this post, we will teach you how to make both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure you can buy your own ready-made metal barbed fishing spears<\/a> but its more fun and cheaper to make your own. So let’s look at the steps involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make a multi barb fishing spear head.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I love making multi-prong fishing spearheads. They are designed to target smaller surface fish as the spread is larger and the fish are small. The more barbs on the head the better. I have made spears for friends that have over 20 individual razor-sharp metal barbs on the end of the spear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wooden spears are very traditional as they are easy to make by just splitting one end of the spear into 4 pieces. This larger spread will make hitting the fish easier. Modern fishing spears now use metal prongs which are sharper and smaller and may include a rubber band launcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Trident has become a very popular traditional fishing spear. It is a three-pronged spear, it is also the symbol for Poseidon (Neptune)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trident word comes from the Latin word\u00a0tridens\u00a0or\u00a0tridentis\u00a0tri\u00a0meaning “three” and\u00a0dentes\u00a0meaning teeth. So 3 teeth Spear.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make bamboo fishing spears.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bamboo spears are easy to make and you don’t have to use bamboo<\/a>. Any long straight piece of wood will work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, we need to use a sharp ax, knife, or hatchet to split the bamboo into 4 equal pieces. Be very careful as this is dangerous. I like to use a vice to hold the wood and then use a hammer to tap in the sharp hatchet to split one end of the bamboo into 4 quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These will then need to be separated and forced open by using another small piece of wood. You can then tie it all off with some string or vines. Make sure the vine is wrapped around the whole shaft tightly as well as each individual barb to help separate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Use a knife to shapen the end of each of the 4 bamboo head prongs. Add some notches for barbs, but don<\/g>‘<\/g>t<\/g> go too de<\/g>e<\/g>p<\/g> as this will be a weak spot. If you have a large piece of bamboo you can also make 6 or 8 barbed spears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be just a matter of splitting more pieces of bamboo and wrapping them tight. I find that the spike prongs often break if they become too small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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