08-26-2007, 09:33 PM
The videos are nice, very helpful and comprehensive.
I could be wrong but i thought the scabbard moved to the left when the spatha was adopted.
I thought it was cause of the longer blade, but may be the spatha on the left hip came with the "barabarian" fashion or the roman horsemen fashion?
I'm not sure the video would be the same with spatha on the right side. :roll:
Quote:Ave Sander,
As Graham Sumner stated in one of his books, the key is how the gladius scabbard is attached (firmly and at the best place for that movement). So drawing even a longer blade will be possible.
I could be wrong but i thought the scabbard moved to the left when the spatha was adopted.
I thought it was cause of the longer blade, but may be the spatha on the left hip came with the "barabarian" fashion or the roman horsemen fashion?
I'm not sure the video would be the same with spatha on the right side. :roll:
ERWAN
