Plumb(ata)ing the Depths

When I wrote the guide to Byzantine light infantry, I mentioned the plumbata, a lead-weighted dart.

At the time, I had no idea how to make one for LARPing. A previous attempt failed miserably.

Recently, I was perusing a tutorial for Amtgard throwing weapons when I saw this photo.

It dawned on me that the third weapon from the left would make a decent, simplified representation of a plumbata. The head can represent the arrow tip and the pommel is akin to the feathers. I think we can ignore the lead weight in the middle.

I decided to give it a try.

Here is the result.

The head is a bit more bulbous than the tutorials, but it seems like it will work well enough, I plan to tweak the design and make some more.

By the way, here's the link to the tutorial.