07-13-2013, 05:52 AM
Found a fantastic how to guide
on how to make some equipment
especially calcei www.florentius.com.
I want to learn by doing, so I can help people
who want to join a Roman Reenactment group in
the Future. Also am on a tight budget now.
Could afford the materials, tools and time.
Have wide flat feet that lasted off the shelf
calcei may not fit.
Also found a reference on ventolated calcei
at Http://sutor.jimdocom/shoes.roman-shoes/...da-calceus
These are works of art and are amazing.
Wish I could afford a pair.
Need more references for the type of calcei that I am making
I made a 2 strap horizontal tab variation which are suposed to be
3 strap but wanted a shorter pair for summer, that are open
eleptical voids they lace horizontally and are reffered to as
type 1 by florentius.com in his how to booklet online.
Which is fantastic!
Yet, seeking a specific page number
and reference book that shows these were found at an
historic archeological site-(which he did not provide-he has since moved on from the hobby and I cant seem to reach him to find out this info that is why this post) to show my Roman Reenactment unit to be
as they may not allow me to wear them if I can not show a museum or book-photo reference for these specific style. Also would like to put in vent hole patterns and use them as "summer wear"to Roman Reenactment events.
Can someone recommend a book that shows the vent patterns
for a set like mine he calls them Pattern I in the lower left hand corner of his website www.florentius.com. Were there any decorative vent hole patterns made on the toes
or ankle region of mythological creatures or figures ever found in archeology on military calcei of the Roman 1st or 2nd century?
Can anyone add anything to that?
Gregorius
on how to make some equipment
especially calcei www.florentius.com.
I want to learn by doing, so I can help people
who want to join a Roman Reenactment group in
the Future. Also am on a tight budget now.
Could afford the materials, tools and time.
Have wide flat feet that lasted off the shelf
calcei may not fit.
Also found a reference on ventolated calcei
at Http://sutor.jimdocom/shoes.roman-shoes/...da-calceus
These are works of art and are amazing.
Wish I could afford a pair.
Need more references for the type of calcei that I am making
I made a 2 strap horizontal tab variation which are suposed to be
3 strap but wanted a shorter pair for summer, that are open
eleptical voids they lace horizontally and are reffered to as
type 1 by florentius.com in his how to booklet online.
Which is fantastic!
Yet, seeking a specific page number
and reference book that shows these were found at an
historic archeological site-(which he did not provide-he has since moved on from the hobby and I cant seem to reach him to find out this info that is why this post) to show my Roman Reenactment unit to be
as they may not allow me to wear them if I can not show a museum or book-photo reference for these specific style. Also would like to put in vent hole patterns and use them as "summer wear"to Roman Reenactment events.
Can someone recommend a book that shows the vent patterns
for a set like mine he calls them Pattern I in the lower left hand corner of his website www.florentius.com. Were there any decorative vent hole patterns made on the toes
or ankle region of mythological creatures or figures ever found in archeology on military calcei of the Roman 1st or 2nd century?
Can anyone add anything to that?
Gregorius
