12-03-2005, 03:19 PM
Quote:Hey Marsh, I see what you mean about the thin material. Could it be linen? Or, I received a wool cummerbund yesterday with a herringbone-like finish, and I think that would hang just like in the relief.It sure makes you wonder...
Quote:I'm 99% sure it's a strap from the scabbard to his neckline. But there is that 1% niggling thing that it could just be protruding from underneath the raised paenula.I totally agree... I wish I could actually see it w/ my own eyes for an hour or so :-) )
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a.k.a.: Marsh Wise
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Alteris renumera duplum de quoquo tibi numeraverunt
"A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." -- Alexander Hamilton
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself." ~Mark Twain
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