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I'm a beginning reenactor, doing XIIII Legion 60ad. and was wondering if anyone offers pre-made gladius baldrics for sale? I know almost everyone makes their own but I'd like to save myself the trouble(l'm probably guilty of being lazy) of hunting down proper leather, tools etc. Also, would the ends of the baldric simply be sewn together around the scabbard rings? Thanks for any help or info.


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Renius/Greg German

Salve Greg,
You may want to post this in the marketplace. That's where you can go to place wanted/selling ads pertinent to the periods covered here.

Also, someone's bound to tell you, you should place your name in a signature, as it's a forum rule.

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Hi, I think soul of the warrior may have what your looking for, here's a link: http://legvi.tripod.com/armamentarium/id110.html

There are much better sources:

http://www.hr-replikate.de/katalog/de/index.html

römische Kaiserzeit
Militaria
Scroll down to number 12


http://www.replik.de/

shop
Replikate
Römer
Gürtel
Scroll down to "Riemenverschluß, Bronze"

Quote:http://www.replik.de/

shop
Replikate
Römer
Gürtel
Scroll down to "Riemenverschluß, Bronze"

Even though a small pebble could be more accurate than one of those thingies wink:

Quote:Even though a small pebble could be more accurate than one of those thingies wink:

That's not a pebble... it's a buckle!!! (kidding, kidding, kidding) :wink:

Seriously though...

How exactly would this catch work? Would it be at the end of the Baldric, clipped together, or would it be at the top over the shoulder, in the center at the chest, or would the scabbard attach some how to it or over it?

Quote:Belt catch, bronze Belt catch with hinge eye and hook. These belt fittings e.g. for locking Pferdezaumzeugen or Brustgeschirren used, also a use e.g. as fitting at the shoulder belt of the sword (Balteus) is possible. Basis of the reconstruction was the available fragment of a belt eye. The fitting sheet metal with the floralen ornamentations was supplemented accordingly by pieces of find from Vindonissa (1841, 1842). To this ensemble with homogeneous fitting sheet metal an animal head hook was suitably done over again, that oriented itself at the originals of the same discovery site (1858, 1861, 1862). Length of the eye fitting 105 mm, length of the hook 70 mm. Width of the sheet metals approx. 18mm. supply with rivets. Total volume installs approx.. 160 x 30 mm. Lit.: Chr. Unz & E.Deschler in

By the way, this site has some AWESOME Roman rings, at 22 Euros, that's really rather a good price. They have bronze, silver and gold, up to 120 euros.