The Lance That Knights Use

The Lance had a sphere around where the knight grabs the handle is the vamplate. It was designed to protect the knights hand and stop it from sliding up the lance when the lance came upon impact. They were usually very large and that helped the other knights lance to slip away.  The lance could be up to twelve feet long. One of the knights best weapons was the lance it was very good because you could hit someone and still be out of range of their weapon. Originally in the early centuries knights would fight vicious battles against each other to claim who was superior. But later they stopped because they fought for the same empire and it would be pointless to injure a knight.