If you study history, you know that most armies and soldiers prior to the advent of gunpowder were mainly equipped with spears, and for good reason.  A spear is lethal, takes very little training to learn to use, and most important of all, they’re cheap.  For the price of a decent quality sword you can equip an entire squad or more of soldiers with spears.  They can be thrown or they can be set to brace against a charge.  It doesn’t take much to kill with this weapon.  Why aren’t they as romantic and esteemed as swords, you might ask?  It comes down to a bit of elitism.  Owning a sword set you apart from the common soldier.  Everyone had a spear, after all they’re cheap.  Swords required more training to use effectively in combat.  This certainly doesn’t make the sword a particularly better weapon.  On average it’s probable that more war deaths were inflicted by spears in ancient times than by swords.  When you consider that most poorer nations and tribes couldn’t afford to be snobbish when it came to their weapons of choice you realize that many of these produced some very good spears, such as the Cold Steel Samburu Spear.  Derived from the Samburu tribe out of Kenya on the African continent, the Samburu is one of the most advanced weapons of its type.  Well balanced for both throwing and thrusting, the Samburu is a beautiful weapon that no collector should ever be without.  Among the fantasy swords that one might also display, the Cold Steel Samburu Spear will be a pointed reminder that just because something is simple doesn’t make it any less effective.