06-17-2013, 01:13 PM
Salvete Omnes!
Here is my latest sword, a Fontilet spatha, if one follows Miks classification. However, he does not identify a Hispaniensis gladius and seems to lump three blade types together in the Fontilet. This type does stand out and would be just as easily be classed as a gladius. Oh well, whatever one calls it, it is a seriously wicked blade 62 cm long. The handle is boxwood, design based on the iconography in Miks, the dimensions extrapolated from a guardplate found on a sword of this type. Guardplate has been inlaid.
Hope you like it!
Here is my latest sword, a Fontilet spatha, if one follows Miks classification. However, he does not identify a Hispaniensis gladius and seems to lump three blade types together in the Fontilet. This type does stand out and would be just as easily be classed as a gladius. Oh well, whatever one calls it, it is a seriously wicked blade 62 cm long. The handle is boxwood, design based on the iconography in Miks, the dimensions extrapolated from a guardplate found on a sword of this type. Guardplate has been inlaid.
Hope you like it!
