11-02-2011, 05:24 PM
I just received AH3526N from Armamentaria today.
Ade, I'm wowed by the celerity - ordered on Saturday, and it arrived today despite the weekend and the national holiday (here at the receiving end, anyway). Many thanks!
The pilum shaft appears to be made of a single piece of wood, unless it's very well hidden. Nor is cap welded or soldered; there is no rivet, but it appears stable enough as it is, though I haven't tried to pick off any barbarians with it yet. I'm also pleasantly surprised to find that the butt end is not screwed on (as some sites/comments have indicated), but appears to be held by a rivet. Edit: they are screws, but it's hidden well.
Ade, I'm wowed by the celerity - ordered on Saturday, and it arrived today despite the weekend and the national holiday (here at the receiving end, anyway). Many thanks!
The pilum shaft appears to be made of a single piece of wood, unless it's very well hidden. Nor is cap welded or soldered; there is no rivet, but it appears stable enough as it is, though I haven't tried to pick off any barbarians with it yet. I'm also pleasantly surprised to find that the butt end is not screwed on (as some sites/comments have indicated), but appears to be held by a rivet. Edit: they are screws, but it's hidden well.
M. Caecilius M.f. Maxentius - Max C.
Qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatetur
- Q. Ennius, Annales, Frag. XXXI, 493
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Qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatetur
- Q. Ennius, Annales, Frag. XXXI, 493
Secretary of the Ricciacus Frënn (http://www.ricciacus.lu/)
