What+weapons+did+the+Zulus+have?

The weapons the Zulus used were a knobkerry which was used for whacking people. It was wooden and had a wooden ball on the end. They also used a stabbing spear. It was a type of spear with a big blade on the end. It was introduced by Shaka who was a great Zulu chief. The next weapon was a throwing spear. It had a very short metal blade. This was used for throwing and stabbing people. The handles of each weapon were made out of wood. //Zahn// To make the shields they used big leaves, rope and animal skin and they used sticks and rocks and sharpened the rocks for the end.//Cole// To make a spear blade, they heated iron stone in a fire to make it strong and so they could shape it. Then they hammered with a stone, iron bar and small hammer to make the spear shape. Then they sharpened the blade on a huge stone. //Zahn// .