Posted by Mr. Helpy on October 06, 1999 at 13:34:08:
In Reply to: Helpful as always posted by SphereMaker on October 06, 1999 at 11:26:09:
>any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere I have it on GOOD authority that this item is, in fact, a fresh-water fish used to punch holes in hardened taglo jerky, and not meant to be used as a weapon at all. So those of you USING it as a weapon...you so crazy!
> I think from this we can conclude that an iron awl pike is a shafted weapon made of a most useful forge-friendly metal, bearing a hole-punching, pointed head and possibly a bayonet as well.