What is Reenactment grade gear? & Pugio/Gladius wearing

[Matthew Amt]

But, as things are now, if he's going to be a Roman soldier independently then the standard is his. If he joins a club then it's theirs.

Bingo.

I think we can all agree on things like: A pugio blade made from hand smelted and forged iron using replica tools and techniques by a blacksmith with 30 years of experience wearing a hand spun hand woven tunica is of a higher standard than one made from 19th C Railroad spikes by a guy in bluejeans using a three burner gas forge which is better than one ground from HR steel barstock by a guy wearing cutoffs and a Hawaiian shirt... ... :wink:

Agreed---IF the completed items are otherwise of comparable accuracy. I have seen custom-made helmets and weapons that were much less accurate than Indian-made pieces. And not even the *best* Indian-made pieces...

Brian, the Legio XX site folks are referring to is mine, based in the Washington DC area:

http://www.larp.com/legioxx/

Yup, it does need some updates! That all depends on a confluence of time, opportunity, motivation, and decent information. Not a real common occurrance these days, but it could happen! (If it's just adding links, that's much easier. IF someone sends me good links!)

Gotta say that baldric system looks odd. Don't the gravestones actually show it attached just to the top ring at the front, and forked to reach both rings at back? Been way too long since I researched all this stuff, so sometimes I don't remember what I've actually seen, or whether I'm just taking some modern author's word for it...

Valete,

Matthew