11-21-2012, 03:14 AM
Hi
Does anybody have an idea how the very-very-very thin plates of these late roman belts ( I have measured an original set from ca. 400 - 430 a.D. being between 1 and 1.5 mm thick)could have been cast?
Even with modern methods this is sometimes a problem, even if it has a quite large surface ( for example one of the plates is about 11 x 3,5 cm having a richly engraved surface)
Does anybody have an idea how the very-very-very thin plates of these late roman belts ( I have measured an original set from ca. 400 - 430 a.D. being between 1 and 1.5 mm thick)could have been cast?
Even with modern methods this is sometimes a problem, even if it has a quite large surface ( for example one of the plates is about 11 x 3,5 cm having a richly engraved surface)
Als Mensch zu dumm, als Schwein zu kleine Ohren...
Jürgen Graßler
www.schorsch-der-schmied.de
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Jürgen Graßler
www.schorsch-der-schmied.de
www.facebook.com/pages/AG-Historisches-Handwerk/203702642993872