02-10-2014, 06:12 AM
Ha, that was a poor choice of words on my part.
My Morrow pugio will be a type that matches the time period of my sword is what I meant to say.
I think we all have to make compromises regarding quality vs. cost vs. time of delivery vs. matching our custom gear with our off-the-shelf gear. We all want to jump right in and get as "geared up" as quickly as possible - I know I did with my Greek Panoply and wasted a lot of hard earned dollars.
I should have read RAT more back then.
Morrow's work is very solidly constructed and I am not worried about pieces flying off or simply wearing out from constant usage. I mean my swords get whacked hard a lot against bales of hay, trees and even mannequins. I invested in a half dozen oak wasters, but no kid would rather use a waster than a sword. No, my swords are not sharp, although they can be, as that's not my personal goal, my goal is getting kids interested in this era because in my city, Philadelphia, they have dropped traditional history as a subject of study. "History" is a component of the reading program so it all depends on what book the teacher decides to have the kids read. There are no more "history teachers" in my local public schools so unless the teacher has some personal interest in ancient history the kids get little context or passion from the teacher when they do read a book that has some ancient historical event described. Most kids I work with have no clue that Ancient Greece and Rome are the foundations of Western Civilization, but they are interested in handling my swords and before they do that they have to learn a bit about who made them and why.
OK, I guess this has nothing to do with Replica Swords so I will get off my soap box rant now.
My Morrow pugio will be a type that matches the time period of my sword is what I meant to say.
I think we all have to make compromises regarding quality vs. cost vs. time of delivery vs. matching our custom gear with our off-the-shelf gear. We all want to jump right in and get as "geared up" as quickly as possible - I know I did with my Greek Panoply and wasted a lot of hard earned dollars.
I should have read RAT more back then.
Morrow's work is very solidly constructed and I am not worried about pieces flying off or simply wearing out from constant usage. I mean my swords get whacked hard a lot against bales of hay, trees and even mannequins. I invested in a half dozen oak wasters, but no kid would rather use a waster than a sword. No, my swords are not sharp, although they can be, as that's not my personal goal, my goal is getting kids interested in this era because in my city, Philadelphia, they have dropped traditional history as a subject of study. "History" is a component of the reading program so it all depends on what book the teacher decides to have the kids read. There are no more "history teachers" in my local public schools so unless the teacher has some personal interest in ancient history the kids get little context or passion from the teacher when they do read a book that has some ancient historical event described. Most kids I work with have no clue that Ancient Greece and Rome are the foundations of Western Civilization, but they are interested in handling my swords and before they do that they have to learn a bit about who made them and why.
OK, I guess this has nothing to do with Replica Swords so I will get off my soap box rant now.
Joe Balmos
