Featured in this lot is an American Revolutionary War spontoon head half pike dating to circa 1770-1780s. This piece shows a forged iron spade, pikes head construction with an expertly forged blade with a clean tapering double-edged surface. The end back side of the blade is forged to a round ending in the square then the rounded bottom mount which is tapered into a cone and would allow the spike head to be mounted to a pole. This example of American Revolutionary War blade has been well documented with other examples being seen in “SWORDS AND BLADES of the AMERICAN REV WAR by George Neumann #83 PA” and in “Collectors Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution" by Neumann and Kravic, pages 219 and 248. A spontoon blade can also be referred to as a half-spike, short spike, plug bayonet, partisan pole-arm, lance, halberd. Neumann notes, on p. 248: "Although the infantryman's spear or 'pike' was abandoned in Europe by 1700, many commissioned officers on both sides continued to carry spontoons" through the American Revolutionary War. (Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution). The condition of this spontoon pike's head is good with some heavy oxidation to the blade and the cone but otherwise shows good overall condition. The measurements are 7 3/4" x 1 1/8" x 1 1/8".*