The dubious quick kill pt1 & 2

[CharlesHarris]

If firearms are not an option, a short-staffed pike or halbard about 1.5 metres long, with a spear blade, hammer and axe blades would be a formidable weapon in practiced hands. It would be suitable for keeping people beyond arm's length and could he used in thrust, jab, parry, slash and smash strokes, exactly as used with a rifle having a fixed bayonet.