To add I have a bamboo lance, however the problem is if you don't have a 4×4 you try fitting a 2.2m+ lance in your car (usually 7ft 6" )

Below is a bamboo nail head lance on the left and my carbon fibre net pole lance on the right witha 1868 lance head

Sadly my nail head lance is now slightly bent following training at the weeekend!

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Edited By Jen Cirencester on 13/03/2012 14:37:28

Thanks for the responses! Although still no offers yet

I am going to talk to a local engineering firm this week and see if they will do it

Deltic007 – no licence required, if you wanted to do damage to others, I assure you a car would be more effective!!

Springbok – This is a proper sport, and the lances are relatively safe, ironically most accidents happen with the 1908 swords, as if you've just sharpened it and your horse throws in a buck this is the most dangerous situation

Here's me in action with sword (I'm the fat one!)

I'm not sure bamboo will tolerate having joints in it though?

I am going to India next week, so hoping to bring back some more bamboo lances depending on how much weight allowance I have left!

Also one of the Glos pegging crew also has bamboo growing in the UK, but it's taking a while to dry it out properly. This also needs to be worked on a lathe to take out the knobbles!