09-06-2008, 05:40 AM
The fancy openwork is too large and the cut out shapes are also the wrong design- these are being changed in the next version. The Manning Imperial version (which has a number of other inaccuracies IMHO) is here a lot closer to the original.
![[Image: HdHlhlt.jpg]](http://www.larp.com/legioxx/HdHlhlt.jpg)
Compare this with the original
![[Image: HodHillMiks.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/PaulHB/HodHillMiks.jpg)
From using the prototype, it acts in the scabbard to tighten the blade and stop movement. It actually works in practise- one of the joys of re-enactment and reconstruction!
There are a number of possible thoughts from this- all conjecture....
Was the overall scabbard therefore slightly larger than the blade, for example to have a fleece lining as per later swords?
Does this imply that the scabbard mouth did not have a metal top as per (for example) a Pompeii gladius?
And I didn't "get" this in the original, either! :oops:
Compare this with the original
From using the prototype, it acts in the scabbard to tighten the blade and stop movement. It actually works in practise- one of the joys of re-enactment and reconstruction!
There are a number of possible thoughts from this- all conjecture....
Was the overall scabbard therefore slightly larger than the blade, for example to have a fleece lining as per later swords?
Does this imply that the scabbard mouth did not have a metal top as per (for example) a Pompeii gladius?
And I didn't "get" this in the original, either! :oops:
![[Image: wip2_r1_c1-1-1.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/PaulHB/wip2_r1_c1-1-1.jpg)
![[Image: Comitatuslogo3.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/PaulHB/Comitatuslogo3.jpg)
