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Re: Show your roman belts? - Rado - 03-26-2011 These two belts are not equipped with polished elements. They were quickly assembled and went emergency into equipment in our re-enactor group in event -NOVAE /Svichtov/ Bulgaria last year. ![]() ![]() Re: Show your roman belts? - comicus - 03-26-2011 Rado those are sweet pieces of "emergency" equipment, lots of reenactors would be proud to wear those-good job! Mike Re: Show your roman belts? - Tarbicus - 08-01-2011 Quote:Nice belt plates and nice belt!Is there any more on this possible textile backing in the intervening time? Anything published that anyone knows of? Would it have been textile squares behind the plates only, or could the entire belt have been made of textile rather than leather? Could it even be that it's a textile inner revealed after the leather outer decayed away? Re: Show your roman belts? - jkaler48 - 08-01-2011 Both the Indian Wars period US Army and the WW2 Germans in North Africa found leather belts unsuitable for desert area warfare and developed canvas fabric versions. Perhaps some Roman fabric belt evidence will/have turn(ed) up in Egyptian or Syrian desert areas. Re: Show your roman belts? - Tarbicus - 08-01-2011 That's a good point, but this specific belt was found in Spain. Re: Show your roman belts? - jvrjenivs - 08-01-2011 Well, you might also be interested in this belt then. Still didn't find a report on it, though ![]() http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat.html?func=view&catid=17&id=292438 Re: Show your roman belts? - Herbanus - 08-03-2011 Quote:That's mine: You mean Holger Ratsdorf probably :wink: Re: Show your roman belts? - Herbanus - 08-03-2011 And of course my belt set. The one without apron was made by me. The one with apron by a blacksmith near my hometown called Duco de Klonia. The buckles are by Holger Ratsdorf from Germany. The pugio suspenders from a vendor who got them from india. They were very weak at first but i got them strengthened by soldering them. The apron discs are 20 eurocent pieces. Re: Show your roman belts? - Crispvs - 08-03-2011 "The buckles are by Holger Ratsdorf from Germany. The pugio suspenders from a vendor who got them from india. They were very weak at first but i got them strengthened by soldering them. The apron discs are 20 eurocent pieces." That seems like an extremely good use for the Euro! Your sword and dagger look to be by Len Morgan to me. If I were you I would get rid of the short straps connecting the dagger sheath and frogs. They are a modern convention and there is zero evidence that the Romans used them. The upper suspension rings should be in line with the frog buttons. I would suggest using thonging to tie the suspension rings tightly to the frogs, but Peronis has found that using *very* short leather tags can also work well if done well. Crispvs Re: Show your roman belts? - Herbanus - 08-04-2011 Good call, i didn't know about the short straps. This seemed like a good way. But i'll definiately change that now. I have seen your way on original stone carvings and such but it really never caught enough of my attention to do something with it. And again, you're right, they're both Len Morgan weapons. Altough they are pretty good, they have some incorrect features. I'm looking for an alternative producer who makes better, more correct combat ready (i mean real combat, not stage or reenactment) weapons at a normal price. I don't mean cheap. But not like $3000 for a sword either. Any suggestions?? Re: Show your roman belts? - Tarbicus - 08-04-2011 Here's a list of links to the Image database, showing the relationship of pugio to balteus on a number of tombstones. You might notice the pugio rings are tight to, and in alignment with, the frogs. http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat.html?func=view&catid=20&id=132335&limit=20&start=40#133411 Re: Show your roman belts? - Paul Elliott - 08-05-2011 I apologise in advance for the 3rd century-ness of my belt! ![]() Note there's plenty of evidence for daggers, plenty of evidence for belts - no depictions of daggers at all on gravestones. Very unusual. So were they worn on baldrics? On the belt? Or not worn at all without armour? As you can see I favour a continuation of the frog system using the fungiform studs found on 3rdC belts. Re: Show your roman belts? - Rado - 12-10-2011 I did some tinned cingulum for common use in our club! Plate and Pendant of Apron Terminal End are production of Deepeeka. Everything else is mine production;The Roman buckle, Pugio frogs, Apron Bossed and Stamped concentric circles. All this tinned. ![]() Re: Show your roman belts? - Renger - 12-26-2011 This is my new belt for my early 4 century representation. I make the leatherwork self. The beltparts make Erik König for me. [img width=500][img width=500]http://members.aon.at/gentes/Darstellung/guertelspaetantikrenger.JPG[/img][/img] Re: Show your roman belts? - Robert Vermaat - 12-26-2011 Quote:This is my new belt for my early 4 century representation.Renger, that is a beautiful piece of work. |