Are there any republican-era reenactors?

[Tarbicus]

[Huh! Okay, I can see that. I'd re-do the hilt, though, to make it a little less obviously Imperial in form. For one thing, hispaniensis blades almost always have rounded or sloped shoulders, so the inset plate that sits down on straight shoulders won't work. The few depictions of hilts that we have just never look like the Imperial types.

I reckon it's good for late Republican/Caesarian, even Augustan. That said, Aurificina Treverica do a version of the Tunisian, Es Soumâa near El Khroub find (130-110 BC). http://www.replik-online.de/en/index.html (under Republican). Not only does it have a completely straight sided blade, but there seems to be an inset under the guard, maybe? Anyone know for sure? Was the original's blade squared to the tang with a guard plate?