Why is the handle of the big gun in Song Dynasty so thin?

Why is the handle of the big gun in Song Dynasty so thin?

This is the head of a big gun in the Song Dynasty. The spear head weighs 175.8g except the remaining wooden pole, with a total length of 25. 1cm and a blade length of 2 1cm. The thickest point of the spear head is 2 1.6mm, the width of the metal hoop is 7.5mm, the widest point of the upper edge of the hoop is 22mm, and the thickest point of the hoop is16.8mm. The spearhead rises from the hoop. The interior of the spearhead is 73.3 mm deep.

Compared with the previous generation, the official spearhead of the Song Dynasty was that the dovetail was much smaller and decorated, and then the hoop on the dovetail also had its own characteristics. This hoop, which bulges like a rib in the middle, is a feature of the Song Dynasty.

Hooping on the spearhead was not common in Han and Tang Dynasties. One is that the spears and cymbals in the Han Dynasty were very sharp, especially the spears and cymbals in the Han Dynasty were very long and thick, which required a thick spear body, and the scabbard of the thick spear body itself was very tight, so it was enough to add a nail. It doesn't make much sense to use a hula hoop. The modern shovel head is fixed like this. And this kind of spearhead in my hand, how thick is his Woodenhead?

The deepest part of the whole iron spear is 73.3 mm, so how long is the whole spear? There are spears of the same type exposed by Tibetan friends online, 3.5~4 meters. This figure is also correct with the regulations on big guns in the Ming Dynasty. The shortest is to use three meters like Wu Hao. It can be seen that if a spear is stabbed according to the standard of traditional war martial arts, the total length of the spear with this weight will not be less than 3.5 meters.

The bigger the spear, the heavier it is, the shorter it is, the lighter it is and the longer it is. At present, the spearheads I have received (not beryllium and holmium) are all in the range of four or two.

On a small wooden gun head, if nails are used, one will be too heavy and the other will reduce the structural strength of the wooden pole. So it is a good choice to use iron and copper hoop. Of course, there are nails without iron rings, so the spear will be thicker.

Last question, can such a small head be a javelin? I think it is possible, but it is not too big. This head was fished up in the lower reaches of Yongjiang River. I say water by water. And the local javelin head. The javelin head looks strange. It looks like a long crossbow. A long neck ring is attached to the back of the javelin head. Bamboo pole wrapped this collar and turned it into a gun body. The whole javelin is nearly two meters. I dare not say if you asked if there was a javelin, but the same type of device produced by this kind of head in Hangzhou is a pike, which is unlikely to become a javelin in the barbarian land.

Finally, make up the beautiful and greasy image that this Song Mao may appear after daily grinding.