04-03-2006, 08:51 PM
Disclaimer - this gladius is not based on anything found!!!!
I took my first two gladii and scabbards, which I now dislike very much, and rather than them go to waste or get £10 on Ebay I used them both to make a fantasy piece that at least now looks half decent.
The originals:
![[Image: thisnthis.jpg]](http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Tarbicus/thisnthis.jpg)
The result with some new red leather and a bit of silvering:
![[Image: gladius_hybrid.jpg]](http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Tarbicus/gladius_hybrid.jpg)
I quite like the black leather being left in as it reminds me of Roman domestic colourings.
I took my first two gladii and scabbards, which I now dislike very much, and rather than them go to waste or get £10 on Ebay I used them both to make a fantasy piece that at least now looks half decent.
The originals:
The result with some new red leather and a bit of silvering:
I quite like the black leather being left in as it reminds me of Roman domestic colourings.
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
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