Boar Spear with Double Barrel Wheellock Pistol late 16th century German The blade is lanceolate in its forward part, entirely covered with etched decoration of interlaced strapwork, and with two curved parrying hooks shaped as dolphins in its rearward section. The blade is placed between two pistol barrels, its median ridge is eliminated and changed into a shallow channel on either side aligned with the bore of the barrels. Between the blade and the heavy cylindrical socket are attached the two wheellocks with covered wheels. The folding triggers are halfway down the shaft, inserted into long steel straps covering the pulls of the mechanisms. The shaft is plain and smooth, with a large conical steel mount on its butt end.It has generally been speculated that the combination of board spear and pistol was designed to be used to break the onrush of the charging board or the rampant bear, and the double pistols could be fired before the animal was received on the blade. However, the blade