This 7-foot hasta spear is built from hand-forged carbon steel and hardwood, featuring a metal ball and end cap, and ships in two easily assembled sections.
The gladius was not the only weapon integral to Roman warfare; legionaries also typically carried the pilum, a specialised javelin with a wooden shaft joined to an iron shank and a roughly pyramidal head. Pila varied in weight and size, from heavier versions designed to hit hard and penetrate deep, to lighter versions built for ease of carrying, and the classic pilum’s shank was designed to bend on impact, making it genuinely difficult for an enemy to remove or throw back. The hasta itself was the standard thrusting spear of earlier Roman infantry, later carried more by auxiliary and specialist troops.
This reproduction recreates that 7-foot Roman hasta in carbon steel and hardwood.
