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Pigsticking is a form of boar hunting done by individuals, or groups of spearmen on foot or on horseback using a specialized boar spear. The boar spear was sometimes fitted with a cross guard to stop the enraged animal driving its pierced body further down the shaft in order to attack its killer before dying. In India, pigsticking was popular ...
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Boar spear head, c. 1430, length 42 centimeters (17 in). A boar spear is a spear used for boar hunting.It is relatively short and heavy and has two "lugs" or "wings" on the spearsocket behind the blade, which act as a barrier to prevent the spear from penetrating too deeply into the quarry where it might get stuck or break, and to stop an injured and furious boar from working its way up the ...
I know of an English colloquialism, "to squeal like a stuck pig," so perhaps "pig-sticking" in English can refer both to an inhumane method of slaughtering a domestic pig and to a blood sport. Dpbsmith 01:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC) As of 2004 pig-sticking is still practiced in Hungary, using domestic pigs rather than wild boars. According to ...
Sumpit were generally made from bamboo, but they can also be made from wood. They were usually about 4 to 6 ft (1.2 to 1.8 m) in length and 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.18 in) in diameter.
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A sticking knife usually consists of a double edge pointed blade approximately six inches long. [1] Blades are traditionally made of high carbon steel (such as 1095). Handles are simple, consisting usually of two hardwood scales riveted through the full, flat blade tang.
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