04-21-2011, 11:24 PM
A few years ago, when I wasn't much younger than I am now, I bought an India-made balteus that weighed more than I do.
The first thing I did was slide the danglies off, so I could at least walk. Then I discovered that all those heavy brass studs could be used for other things. I hammered some onto my helmet, the one I'm wearing right now in the picture.
Then I needed a stud to attach jade stones to an early Wusun sword, the ancestor of those that are found in the Bosphon Kingdom and Kuban. So I drilled a stud, tapped it for a threaded post, and-- Wha! La!-- I had a way of affixing stones to the sword pommel.
[attachment=657]wusuncavalrysword016.JPG[/attachment]
You can't beat recycling!:grin:
The first thing I did was slide the danglies off, so I could at least walk. Then I discovered that all those heavy brass studs could be used for other things. I hammered some onto my helmet, the one I'm wearing right now in the picture.
Then I needed a stud to attach jade stones to an early Wusun sword, the ancestor of those that are found in the Bosphon Kingdom and Kuban. So I drilled a stud, tapped it for a threaded post, and-- Wha! La!-- I had a way of affixing stones to the sword pommel.
[attachment=657]wusuncavalrysword016.JPG[/attachment]
You can't beat recycling!:grin:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
