Hybrid gladius

[Tarbicus]

The romans seemed to like gaudy decorations. The only thing that would make it better would of been if you had cut out the figures of mars on the scabbard.

I know, but that would have meant probably wrecking it, and the idea was to see what I could make from the two gladii. A pendant of a gorgon should be turning up soon-ish so I may mount that on a brass disc and solder it onto the blank bit. The other option is to get some thin brass sheet and do some lattice work which could also be soldered on, or do both. I have a large bull's horn I won on Ebay for £1 on its way as well, and I'm eyeing up the gladius hilt, pommel and handgrip thinking "Hmmm, that could be interesting."

All in all it only took a couple of hours to do once I decided on what to put where.