4 Pronged Outdoor Spear

In this step by step tutorial I will be showing you how to make your very own 4 Pronged Outdoor Spear.

Step 1: Suplies

You will need most of the items shown in this picture. You will also need a large stick and two smaller sticks which will be shown in the steps after this one.

Step 2: The Stick

The stick you will be using to make this spear should have a diameter of about 1-1 3/4 of an inch. You will need to cut it down to about  3 feet long.

Step 3: Shaving

Next you need to shave off about 4-6 inches of bark off one of the ends of the stick.

Step 4: Splitting

Place your knife on top of the stick directly across the diameter and pound on it with a mallet until the split in the wood comes down about 3 - 3 1/2 inches down the stick. Then take out the knife and place in perpendicular to the split you just made and repeat the same process of splitting it.

Step 5: Deeper Splitting

Now insert the lock back knife into one of the splits and bang it down with a mallet until the knife if about 6 inches down the stick or until the opening at the top is about 1/2 of an inch wide. Do this same process for the second split at the top.

Step 6: Small Sticks

Next find two small sticks that are about 2 1/2 inches long and are 1/3 of inch wide.

Step 7: Inserting the Small Sticks

Place the knife about 5 inches down the split and then insert the stick down the split so it is 5 inches down it. Do the same for the other stick.

Step 8: Securing the Small Sticks

Wrap the rope around the small sticks so they are secure and tight. You can use the lighter to secure the knots so they don't come untied and then trim the ends of the rope with some scissors.

Step 9: Whittling

Nextyou need to whittle each of the four prongs into a point. (4 mini spears)

Step 10: Finishing Touches and Final Product

Once you are finished whittling the points you can remove all the access bark from spear.

Enjoy!!!

-Jackknob

Comments

[HollyMann]

Wow - awesome! Great job explaining this - I love it! Now what will you use that for? :) I've only seen a spear similar once before - I was visiting a rural hilltribe in northern Thailand. The kids had one like this - not sure if the one they had was longer but the materials they had access to were different and the pointy pieces were thinner. They used it on our hike in the mountains and caught fish! It was INCREDIBLE..I'll never forget it!

[darman12]

I was watching Dual Survival a couple of years ago and Cody made one. He used it for fishing also. It is a really neat weapon!

[GumbasJackknob]

Thanks for all the views, favorites, and comments!!!!!! Be sure to vote for my spear in the Great Outdoors Contest!!!!!!!!

[davin_x]

Interesting and easy to follow guide. I'd also suggest to lightly scorch / burn the tips so that they become harder. These spears were commonly used for fishing in shallow pools.

[sir_ghattas]

Great instructible, I remember making one when I was 13, it was so much fun to do.

[philocirapt0r]

just what I need!

[Luke_Indestructible]

Thanks for posting, I'm going to use an elongated version to hunt water snakes in the stream behind my house

[A_Zombie_Killer]

Great job!!! This can be used fishing but I use it for snake hunting in my backyard.

[XxNerdKxX]

why not shave all the bark off first?

[cwells8]

great job it looks awesome i will deffinently try it and catch fish with it

[Kinkhoss]

*excess

[mind.the.gap]

totally love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Monkey124]

That is really cool

[crazyzebb]

be careful bud. don't chop your finger off

[Master97865]

That's so awesome! I can't wait to make one and do something cool with it.

[bensmiller02]

saw this exact spear i and made a few as a kid it was in the 'handymans guide to the outdoors' had tons of oldschool projects for kids these spears where said to be for hunting frogs, snakes, fish ect... and with some teeth cut on the inside of the prongs gave them a good barb action for grabbing them slippery critters

[schou]

MAN vs. WILD

[jkdabrown]

Great very detailed instructable.

[mbecks]

Nice little spear if you add a piece of rubber or a band from some stretchy pants you then have a Hawaiian sling.

[thebear1]

nice job but you should never hit on the back of a knife blade they can crack and shatter on you best to use a floe or a wood chisel just a little tip from an old wood worker
all in all nice work on this spear