Kvetun Partisan Steel Spearhead Review

[@WarbandLiveVideo]

It's costs almost like a sword, cause it has blade comparable to arming sword and required all the same magic processes of heat treatment and normalisations. Great review.

[@jesusclements5225]

Short but with all the details. This is jow reviews SHOULD be made. Good job.

[@liamclark7560]

Thanks, Jesus

[@ghfghemacluj]

Great video! I especially appreciate the comparison between the partisan and synthetic alternatives and having used both in our club we came to the same conclusions.

[@foamy2990]

I'm very new to polearms but I really want to practice with them. What shafts would you suggest? I'm really worried about buying something too big or too small. In the video you mention this is an ash pole, do you have a link to where I could pic k one like your up?

[@liamclark7560]

I got my shaft through Dark Knight Armory, where they have a few sizes so you can always go long and cut down to a preferred length. Get creative! There is no "right" for a partisan length. www.darkknightarmoury.com/product-category/weaponry-3/medieval-pole-weapons/spears/

[@foamy2990]

Thank you so much! :D

[@tommyss4l]

I mentioned this when I first saw this, it's not really a partisan head. One of the things that defines the partisan is the wings and without those, you are going to be missing on some tactical considerations from the sources. Likely a great steel spear head, but a partisan it's not.

[@retohaner5328]

By the definition of the Bolognese tradition, a partisan specifically *lacks* any wings or appendages. This is clear both in Marozzo's art, and in the techniques themselves. The Spiedo/Spetum is used for techniques that require them.

[@tommyss4l]

@@retohaner5328 i.pinimg.com/originals/fc/a4/38/fca43884c13d1440c322925ffdf372a8.jpg that's a partisan in the met and it has wings at the base of the head. They make a world of difference when using a partisan vs a normal spear.

[@retohaner5328]

​@@tommyss4l wiktenauer.com/images/thumb/2/2e/Marozzo_54.png/309px-Marozzo_54.png wiktenauer.com/images/e/ec/Marozzo_1568_16.jpg (top left) and this is Marozzo's Partisan. Explicitly no wings. The winged weapon is referred to as a Spiedo, and all techniques that require any sort of appendage are in the Spiedo and Ronca sections, not the Partisan one.

[@tommyss4l]

@@retohaner5328 www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/img_db/bcoa/LO330/1/l/991_00155002.jpg so that looks like the spiedo in the text. The partisan in the text doesn't have the little wings at the base of the blade, but every period partisan from when Marozzo was writing has those little wings on the blade. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?department=4&q=Partisan&geolocation=Italy&era=A.D.+1400-1600 the pre 1520 examples don't have the wings, after 1520 they all have the wings. They have one in the collection specifically from Bologna and it doesn't have the little wings, but it also doesn't look like the one Marozzo is using. I think it more depends on when you want to play partisan. Also Marozzo may have preferred the partisan without the little wings. While he started writing in 1516ish he published in 1536ish which the wings would have been present. We don't know when the woodcuts were made, but it's possible they were made early on. The partisani without wings may have been more of a transition between the winged partisan and the old "ox tongue" spears.