Pugios and silver inlay

[Caballo]

Crispus et al,

Many thanks! Re inlaying silver strip- presumably a double loop of wire for a leaf decoration?

Regards

Paulus

[Crispvs]

You could do that, although if you can find a supplier of silver wire they normally supply it in a number of widths and should also be able to provide silver strip (which has a flat, rather than round, section) of varying widths. Strip might also be used for thicker lines such as those forming the perimeter lines on some type 'A' sheaths.
The price I was quoted for silver was 24 pence per gram, regardless of width or section. That was at a shop in the Jewellry Quarter of Birmingham. Using a loop would certainly save you having to buy strip as well as wire, as well as avoiding waste caused by cutting the leaves to shape. I don't know if a wire loop would hold onto the trench quite as well though, owing to the potential for movement at the centre of the loop. I may cantact Erik about this. On the face of it it seems like a good idea. I wonder what his experience is.

Crispvs

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

What's exactly a loop?

[FAVENTIANVS]

Una volta.

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

Ja...Pero dins del contexte?

[Peroni]

"Hasta fabricar un bucle/curva con el abeto plateado hilo" :?

I hope this helps(?)

Regards,

[Martin Moser]

Hi Cesar,

What's exactly a loop?

That should mean coiling up some length of (silver) wire to fill an area in the sheath rather than only a canal with the same width as the wire. Instead you could use sheets of silver,cut the pieces to size and then hammer them in.

Martin

[Crispvs]

Sorry Fratres Hispaniensis!

A loop is formed when a line is turned back on itself to form a circular or teardrop shape. I hope that makes sense.

Crispvs

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

Thanks. Well, i know what's a loop, but before the answers, i don't have understod the use of that in making a silver inlay.

So, we make the loops to double the width of the wire. If roman use that kind of thecnic, a central line betwee the two "arms" of the loop can be visible with a microscope or so.