Custom Brainerd spear?

[Monster1234]

The guy told me this was custom and he payed $150 way back. 83” long 7” wide. Could this be the Brainerd spear?

[Wanderer]

Top one looks like a stainless steel Amish spear.  Widely available.  I don’t know anything about the other antique one that you’re referring to but for actual use I’d prefer the Amish.  
 

For nostalgia the bottom one beats it for sure.  I just prefer to stay away from using spears with flat surfaces for planing reasons.

 

That’s about all I got. Sorry, not much more help than that.  If I see one around Brainerd I’ll post back.

[Mike89]

there's several people making the new one and not all amish...  as for the brainerd spear I have seen one years ago but can't recall how it looked...   get ahold of some one from Minn dark house and angling association...  I might even have one.. 

[smurfy]

I'm with wanderer, that top spear is the stainless Amish spear,vi have the same spear only not stainless.

 

I don't do much nostalgia but I also prefer not having spears with flat surfaces.

 

Used alot of different Spears in my day, nothing beats the Amish spear, IMO

[Mike89]

2 hours ago, smurfy said:

I'm with wanderer, that top spear is the stainless Amish spear,vi have the same spear only not stainless.

 

I don't do much nostalgia but I also prefer not having spears with flat surfaces.

 

Used alot of different Spears in my day, nothing beats the Amish spear, IMO

again I disagree, not all those SS are amish made...   there are several spear makers out there making them like that..   check them out at the decoy shows....

[Wanderer]

1 hour ago, Mike89 said:

again I disagree, not all those SS are amish made...   there are several spear makers out there making them like that..   check them out at the decoy shows....

You’d know better than I.  It seems like a popular design that I was told originated from the Amish but I suppose it’s not hard to copy.

[Mike89]

1 hour ago, Wanderer said:

You’d know better than I.  It seems like a popular design that I was told originated from the Amish but I suppose it’s not hard to copy.

mine is shaped like that and it was custom made in Melrose Mn..  

[Wanderer]

Found an ad for spears and saws by a maker in Browerville last night.  The Amish design but no mention of Amish in the ad.

 

He’s got a stainless 9 tine I like the looks of.  $300 seem high or fair?  I thought maybe a little high but hard say these days.

[Mike89]

I paid 250 for mine 15 years ago...  

[Mike89]

https://hsolist.com/shop/ice-fishing-spears/

 

here's some spears

[monstermoose78]

I know a guy who makes spears and his have twisted tine. They look like the new one but his are not always stainless steel 

[Wanderer]

1 hour ago, monstermoose78 said:

I know a guy who makes spears and his have twisted tine. They look like the new one but his are not always stainless steel 

Gordie?  

[monstermoose78]

Just now, Wanderer said:

Gordie?  

Yeah his spears are works of art that I have seen

[Mike89]

where is he located about??   twisted interesting!!!   

[Wanderer]

2 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

Yeah his spears are works of art that I have seen

I saw his first twisted tine spear.  Cool detail and yes, more than just a spear. 

[smurfy]

2 hours ago, Mike89 said:

where is he located about??   twisted interesting!!!   

i thought he was around St Francis somewhere??????

 

he's making spears????? last i talked to him, which was a long time ago, he was getting into gunsmithing???????

 

i miss the good old days of that spearing thread with gordie, merk, bassnspear, archerysniper....................... 

Edited December 5, 2021 by smurfy

[monstermoose78]

24 minutes ago, smurfy said:

i thought he was around St Francis somewhere??????

 

he's making spears????? last i talked to him, which was a long time ago, he was getting into gunsmithing???????

 

i miss the good old days of that spearing thread with gordie, merk, bassnspear, archerysniper....................... 

He makes a few spears