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Building a pole spear very similar to a Gatku pole spear

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Hello fellow spearos! I have begun a new project of building a pole spear. I have decided to try to make one almost identical to the Gatku pole spears. I was wondering if anyone has attempted to recreate one of these pole spears and could offer any advice before I start to build it? Also does anyone know if the carbon fiber rod and aluminum rod of the pole spear are hollow or solid? Any help is very much appreciated! Thanks guys!


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You should use hollow aluminum and solid fiberglass rod. The aluminium must have a thickness of about 2mm or more. PM me for more details
 
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You should use hollow aluminum and solid fiberglass rod. The aluminium must have a thickness of about 2mm or more. PM me for more details
HI Nicholas, You could post details here. I'm interested too and I am sure others are too.
 
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Im currently starting a similar build, so i might make a new post demonstratig tue build.
I saw some vids and GatKu polespears are solid aluminium, but i dont know wether the carbo fiber rods are hollow or solid. Someone who owns one might be able to shed some light.
I will use a 20mm diameter solid 2030 aluminum rod for the polespear. It will be an 8ft (2.08m) in length, aluminum will consist the first 120cm of the spear and the rest will be the carbon fiber rod with the spear (7.2mm threaded spear with slip tip)
Do gatkus use aolid or hollow carbon rods?
My spear will be equiped with 12.7 or 14mm bands

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