SPIKE: IRON

This is usually a 12 inch (30cm) long, half-inch (12mm) in diameter cylinder of iron with a point at one end and a flat-end at the other for hammering. Made from a single casting of iron, or else a scrap piece of iron hammered into shape. The point may be anything up to half the length of the spike, but typically only a third. Designed for many uses from rope fasteners for tents or climbing, to wedging into doors to keep them shut, for spiking big guns, or for prying open closed containers (if a crowbar or chisle is unavailable). Some even use them as makeshift grappling hooks (fastening two together to form a cross on the end of a rope).

May come in smaller, thicker, thinner, double-spike, or even larger versions. Adjust weight and cost as appropriate.

Weight: 8oz (227g)
Cost: 3 credits each, or 6 credits for 6.
Availability: U.S. = Fair