Interested in Roman Riding?

[John Conyard]

Indian blades, and indeed many re-enactment blades, are not made to be used. For example Cesar's Hod Hill spatha made by DSC broke when he first used it from horse back.It is really a very pretty sword that really looks the part but you shouldn't use it.

And the Depeeka spatha Jurjen is carrying, and the various copies of it, break very easily. They are often carried by the hired riders used by the ESG and English Heritage. I have seen them break where the tang meets the blade, in the tang itself, and best of all, the blade can shatter.

What Jurjen is trying to do needs immense effort and dedication. And he has all of those and is well down the road on his project. I think it's great, a real bit of reconstruction. Kit that is meant to be used, not just modelled. My sort of thing