08-07-2006, 06:16 PM
Probably not. It is the only pugio I am aware of with a sword grip rather than a more normal dagger handle, apart possibly from one from London which has a turned wooden handle. It is generally supposed that both of these handles were replacments for lost handles. A pugio without a grip is next to useless. The addition of any sort of replacement grip, even if it was not the right sort, strictly speaking, would make the pugio usable again.
Primvs,
The Vindonissa catalogue does contain some dimentions in the descriptions in the first part of the book, but in any case, every page demonstrates its scale with a little note at the bottom to state that the drawings on the page are 1:2, 2:3, 1:3 etc, which allows you to work out what the actual size should be. Thus (for example) if a drawing is two inches long and the scale is listed as 2:3, the actual object would be three inches long.
I hope this helps. Thanks for putting up the other two photographs.
Crispvs
Primvs,
The Vindonissa catalogue does contain some dimentions in the descriptions in the first part of the book, but in any case, every page demonstrates its scale with a little note at the bottom to state that the drawings on the page are 1:2, 2:3, 1:3 etc, which allows you to work out what the actual size should be. Thus (for example) if a drawing is two inches long and the scale is listed as 2:3, the actual object would be three inches long.
I hope this helps. Thanks for putting up the other two photographs.
Crispvs
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