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Originally Posted by Rumil
I always wondered if Aiglos was more of a lance, I could imagine Gil-Galad on a splendidly caparisoned charger weilding a rather special spear, probably with a bue and white (or silver/mithril) pennon. I guess you might say this theory would fall down if he couldn't get his horse up Mount Doom, but there you go.
On the other hand the spear could be dual-use, ie useful on horseback or dismounted. Certainly the Rohirrim seem to have done this and it was viable historically.
Cirdan or Elrond probably half-inched Aiglos if it survived when Big S went up in smoke, as they were the only two left with Isildur at the time (whose attention was taken by a certain shiny ring of course).
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Are you talking about a lance in the traditional manner, the kind you connect with medieval turnaments?
That would be a most unpractical weapon and I have a hard time seing it becoming so renowned as the Aiglos, a "normal" spear would have more uses and be better in single combat.
Anyways, the fact that we hear nothing of the faith of Aiglos seem to point towards it being lost during the battle, even a mighty weapon like Aiglos could splintered or bent. In this battle there are three major "weapons" Aiglos, Narsil and The One Ring, we are told exactly the history of Narsil and The Ring so it would be weird if Aiglos "survived" the battle and we were told nothing about it.