Leather working tools 1st/2nd century AD

[scotti73]

Afternoon all, i looking for a little help. I decided to start an "immunis" trade to complement my auxiliary persona. Has anyone any line drawings or photos of unearthed Roman leatherworking tools? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Rich

[M. Demetrius]

There have been some tools posted on this forum. Have you searched yet?

[Gunthamund Hasding]

actually I am also interested in this. i did looked around the forums and you can find some things but not a specific post with the title.
all of you that make shuch an impression can you please post here.

[Sutoris]

Rich
There are some leatherworking tools in "Le cuir et la pelleterie à l'époque romaine" by Martine Leguilloux.

[Robert]

Hi Rich,

I was wondering if you ever got your set together. I recieved some scans from the Manning Catalogue and that has a section on iron leatherworking tools (including a lunette knive), quite a few of which I will be forging this coming winter. These is a display in Xanten park, I too will be making the grips and handles with boxwood, for which there is the archeological evidence.

[Pointer]

I don't know how accurate they are but if you go on Ebay and search Roman Reenactment and Roman Reenactor... there are things you can purchase there.

[Robert]

Yes, I have indeed seen these. But as you suspected, these are not accurate for the Roman period. They are marked as multi-period, so there is no faulting the seller.