06-01-2008, 03:52 AM
Thanks Jurjen and Ade!
I was hoping that you might be able to tell me (being in possession of the Miks books!). This is clearly not the case with most of the repousse Mainz scabbards, but the "transitional" scabbards (Mainz to Pompeii) are intriguing. The inspiration for the chape design is the Porto Novo gladius which appears not to have "typical" guttering if you look at the cross sectional diagram. The scabbard looks to be very wide for a Pompeii type, and yet it does have the "typical" palmettes that we see on many Pompeii scabbards. There are at least two other scbbards that seem to be of this "transitional" type so I figured it would be nice to have a scabbard that is inspired by them!
Sorry, but a simple yes or no is beyond me :lol:
Quote:Nice work Sulla!
Just one question tho' were there mainz/fulhams wit hte partial guttering on the scabbards? No need for evidence just a yay or nay will do me!
That is pretty nice work, and the pics make what appeared quite a complex undertaking less of a mystery now. Cheers!
I was hoping that you might be able to tell me (being in possession of the Miks books!). This is clearly not the case with most of the repousse Mainz scabbards, but the "transitional" scabbards (Mainz to Pompeii) are intriguing. The inspiration for the chape design is the Porto Novo gladius which appears not to have "typical" guttering if you look at the cross sectional diagram. The scabbard looks to be very wide for a Pompeii type, and yet it does have the "typical" palmettes that we see on many Pompeii scabbards. There are at least two other scbbards that seem to be of this "transitional" type so I figured it would be nice to have a scabbard that is inspired by them!
Sorry, but a simple yes or no is beyond me :lol:
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