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==Definition:==  
==Definition:==  
''(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)''
''(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)''
===December 2020 CL - On Spears and Tinctures===
Over the years we have been inconsistent in how we treat spears whose steels (heads) and hafts have different tinctures for purposes of conflict and contrast. In some cases they have been treated like axes, taking their main tincture from the steel. In other cases, they have been treated like arrows, taking their main tincture from the haft. The way they have been categorized in the O&A has also varied, with some categorized based on the tincture of the steel and others on the tincture of the haft.
To clarify the issue of tincture:
Long, skinny charges, such as arrows, spears, and javelins, take their tincture from the haft. The haft tincture should be blazoned first when it differs from the tincture of the steel or head. The steel needs some contrast, but not necessarily good contrast, with the field.
Charges with large or broad heads, such as axes, take their tincture from the blade. The blade or head tincture should be blazoned first when it differs from the tincture of the handle. The handle needs some contrast, but not necessarily good contrast, with the field.
A spear proper has a brown (wooden) haft and a sable steel. A spear proper steeled argent has a brown haft and an argent steel; it is considered color for contrast purposes. A spear argent steeled sable has an argent haft and a sable steel; it is considered metal for contrast purposes. Steeled is the period term used in period blazon for the head. For example, when granted William Shakespeare's arms were blazoned as "a Speare of the first [i.e., Or] steeled argent".
The seven instances of spears that do not meet these standards are reblazoned on this LoAR. We have not reblazoned armory where the only change would mutate headed to steeled; however, if submitters prefer the latter term they may request a reblazon.
We thank Jeanne Marie Palimpsest and Bruce Batonvert for their work in researching this matter.
https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2020/12/20-12cl.html


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