Odin's spear Gungnir

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For my son's "Historical Halloween" annual school event (this year's theme was Europe), my son chose to be Odin, the father of the Norse gods. This is one of his costume props, safe for school, with no sharp points or edges. Most people know about Thor's hammer "Mjolnir", but not as many know that his father Odin has a spear "Gungnir". Some traditional accounts say that Gungnir never misses its target, even if it must pass through solid objects. And, just like Thor's hammer, Gungnir always returns to its wielder. This spear blade is designed to screw onto a standard broom handle. The blade design is patterned after a real metal-blade design by [The Viking Woodsmith](https://www.viking-store.com/blogs/norse/gungnir). Historical records say that runes were carved on the blade, but the records don't say what the runes were. The runes on this spear spell "Gungnir" in Futhark. The OpenSCAD script Odin_spear.scad requires scripts from two of my other Things: geodesic_hemisphere.scad from [Geodesic hemisphere with regular polygon equator](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4816358) and circlestack_thread3.scad from [Nuts&bolt baby dexterity toy](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4543428). All the necessary .scad files are included in this Thing.