Spatha from Aquincum (grave 2) near reconstruction

[Thomas V.]

But I am afraid that the reconstruction you posted has a conecting leather strapbehin the sword,so itis a continous baldric as my first reconstruction.

In said reconstruction two buttons are used to attach the auxilliary strap. If you use buckles instead you have to cut the strap in order to achieve attachement points (the cutting edges) for the buckles. As the reconstruction in the photo of my last post uses buttons, you can leave the strap intact.

But one has to sacrifice the place of the rosette,too high to my taste,

Would decreasing the distance between the rosette and the scabbard attachement area solve the problem?

pictures in a few hours.

Great news!

[leonardod]

well, the two first buckes (A and B) could be closer, but in any case the rosette is quite high.
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At least comparing with a standard wide baldric.


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In any case I believe this is a very important piece in the problem of the iv cent baldrics.