Where\'s the best place to get a 3rd/4th Century Spatha

[jvrjenivs]

why are they so expensive!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

you can get loads of gladii swords but practicly no spatha's or there so expensive there just not a option.

there could be a gap for a buisness there. making reasonably priced but quallity spatha's.

Deepeeka has spathae. So you can get a spatha in the Deepeeka gladius price range too. Actually, I don't see the difference. If you let a good craftsman make a gladius it will be as expensive as a spatha. And what is reasonably prices. I certainly think Erik Konig, Patrik Bartha etc price their stuff reasonably. But they live in Europe, which is expensive compared to India, and they make real nice stuff, the correct way. It's just what you pay for. I actually think the price/quality ratio on a Patrick Barta or Erik Konig sword actually is much better as for a Deepeeka one. But yeah, that doesn't say it isn't a lot of money, of course.