Working on an triumvirate impression

[kevair464]

My assumption, and this is an assumption since I haven't even started the belt yet, would be that making the belt as tight as bearable would help some. I'm basing this belt off the late republican grave stele showing a legionary with 1 belt holding both pugio and gladius, I am even going to try and mount the pugio right in front like on the stele and see how feasable this would be.

Making the belt tight would help hold it up, and the belt will be 2" wide, so almost twice as wide as the typical augustan crossed belts which are dragged down by the weight of the gladius and pugio. Though even with this 2 belt system, when I really crank on the tightness of the belts they barely hang down on either side, and with the extra tightness it also helps take some of the hamata weight off the shoulders.

I may either do a double layer belt or just a heavier weight single layer for the belt, the white stiching lines are more to act as a contrasting border than anything else.

How well all this works, well we shall see, this is an experiment after all.