Creation Date

1914 – 1930

Description

Spear used for fishing, especially for spearing when the suckers ran in the spring, or for catching that pickerel lurking around the bait under the ice. The handle is a squared length of oak 40" long, broken at the end. The spear is 10.5" long with 4 barbed tines. It is fastened to the handle by a band of iron around a store bought holder that has Pat. May 26-14 on it. The holder was patented in 1914. It is hand forged and hand made.