Us`n kids here in the mountains used to get big apples from our orchard, run a spear thru it and use it for penetrating wooden walls of old barns. Same principle. F=MA ... So I recognized the shaft holes right away. The many sided Roman spear weight facilitated a rapid spear-end jab-and slide-on means of battlefield operation coz weight`s sitting on the ground meant an open hole was always upward and level.
So that’s what happened to the danged barn walls...
So that’s what happened to the danged barn walls...