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Re: Battle Orders \"Roman Sparta\" sword - Robert - 11-30-2011
Don't worry, John, I have found a butcher who will take care of the "grimy stuff", but not all will, so in the beginning and before you find an accommodating butcher you may be able to use those tips. Due to legal requirements, all butchering here in the Netherlands is done at the slaughterhouse, so you actually have to get a butcher to order you that part of the cow in the raw and then be willing to pre-process it.
Re: Battle Orders \"Roman Sparta\" sword - Augustus Janus - 09-06-2012
I have a John Barnett Sparta sword. I am a bit unsure after reading this exactly what it is about the sword that is not authentic. Is it the grip? Hilt fittings? Scabbard?
I think the sword is very nice to look at but not sure what isn't correct in it's design. The blade is very nicely finished. It's supposedly EN45 spring steel hardened and tempered. I wouldn't dare want to try and alter that. I would screw it up royally and the finish would never be the same.
I guess overall I'm not sure what is correct on many swords as what I've seen from actual finds shows a massive variation on styles depending on the period and/or personal style and preference. I don't think I've ever seen any two that were identical.
Jim
RE: Battle Orders \"Roman Sparta\" sword - Crispianus - 09-06-2017
(11-30-2011, 04:24 PM)Robert Wrote: Don't worry, John, I have found a butcher who will take care of the "grimy stuff", but not all will, so in the beginning and before you find an accommodating butcher you may be able to use those tips. Due to legal requirements, all butchering here in the Netherlands is done at the slaughterhouse, so you actually have to get a butcher to order you that part of the cow in the raw and then be willing to pre-process it.
Try putting your raw bone in a good sized Ant Hill, when walking in the woods the other day we came across a couple of massive ones and my wife commented that they used to pickle eggs by putting them in anthills when she a girl, it occured to me it would be a good solution to the problem of cleaning raw bones....