Downhole wireline recovery tool and method of recovering downhole wirelines

A method of retrieving a wireline mass from a well bore comprising:

• identifying features of the wireline mass to be retrieved from the wellbore;
• inserting a wireline recovery tool having a rotatable spear positioned within a stationary outer sheath into the wellbore;
• compressing the wireline mass into a nest;
• engaging the wireline mass with the rotatable spear of the wireline recovery tool;
• and
• rotating the rotatable spear of the wireline recovery tool via a torque device included for rotating the rotatable spear, such that the wireline mass becomes entangled around the rotatable spear and within the stationary outer sheath, wherein:
• the stationary outer sheath has an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer sheath further having a plurality of angled prongs extending from the inner surface;
• the rotatable spear has a base and a barbed tip,
• the rotatable spear has a plurality of angled portions and a plurality of vertical portions such that the rotatable spear has an asymmetrical profile,
• the rotatable spear comprises a plurality of barbs angled upwardly towards the base of the rotatable spear, angled downwardly towards the barbed tip, or at least some angled upwardly towards the base of the rotatable spear and some others angled downwardly towards the barbed tip, and
• the plurality of barbs are positioned on the angled portions and the vertical portions of the asymmetrical profile.