So what else do I do with my Pugio

[Marius_Ursus]

Andy I think that the leggionarry scraping hinself with the puggio was showing bravando. Romans were aware of the Greek "stleggis" for this job.
Tom you describe a situation that was possible used in "dire strates".
I aggree they were possible uses but not the norm.
Personaly I am inclines to agree with Crispus.
Kind regards
Stefanos

My post was tongue-in-cheek in response to the post of using a pugio like a bayonet. Bayonets are used in case your rifle has a misfire, so I pictured a legionary tying a pugio to the end of his pilum and throwing it in case the pilum failed to "go off".