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Was the Lorica REALLY polished?
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09-08-2003, 03:56 PM
I am NOT saying that the armor wasn't polished, I am saying it might not have been. It is just a lot of damn work and I don't know that the soldiers had the time to waste. It wasn't like now, where we have MRE's and such. They had to spend a greater part of their time just getting food and getting it ready to eat.<br>
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Also, something Dave mentioned to me, was about tinning parts of the Lorica... <em>why</em> did they do that? Especially on parts that would be shined?<br>
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I guess I'll just have to be a "heretic" or something, as my big ole butt ain't heard enough valid reasons WHY it was this way or another. <p>DECIMUS MERCATIUS VARIANUS<br>
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Re: Was the Lorica REALLY polished? - by Anonymous - 08-13-2003, 10:15 AM
Polishing - by Anonymous - 08-13-2003, 11:13 AM
Polished bits - by Anonymous - 08-13-2003, 11:18 AM
Re: Polished bits - by Anonymous - 08-13-2003, 11:50 AM
Re: Polished bits - by Anonymous - 08-13-2003, 02:03 PM
Re: Polished bits - by Anonymous - 08-13-2003, 03:29 PM
Re: Polished bits - by Hibernicus - 08-13-2003, 04:00 PM
Bright metal, for sure - by Matthew Amt - 08-13-2003, 04:26 PM
Re: Bright metal, for sure - by Anonymous - 08-13-2003, 11:03 PM
Re: Bright metal, for sure - by Anonymous - 08-14-2003, 12:05 AM
Re: Bright metal, for sure - by Anonymous - 08-14-2003, 01:14 AM
Re: Bright metal, for sure - by Anonymous - 08-14-2003, 02:31 AM
Re: Polished bits - by DECIMvS MERCATIvS VARIANvS - 08-14-2003, 08:50 AM
Free labor! - by Matthew Amt - 08-14-2003, 01:48 PM
Re: Free labor! - by Anonymous - 08-14-2003, 02:50 PM
Re: Free labor! - by derek forrest - 08-14-2003, 05:22 PM
Re: Free labor! - by Anonymous - 08-14-2003, 07:51 PM
Re: Free labor! - by Anonymous - 08-14-2003, 11:02 PM
Re: Free labor! - by Anonymous - 08-14-2003, 11:30 PM
Re: Free labor! - by scythius - 08-15-2003, 12:45 AM
Re: Free labor! - by DECIMvS MERCATIvS VARIANvS - 08-15-2003, 09:11 AM
Re: low furnace - by Anonymous - 08-15-2003, 01:44 PM
iron steel shiny bits - by Hibernicus - 08-15-2003, 03:32 PM
Re: Was the Lorica REALLY polished? - by Anonymous - 08-16-2003, 03:48 AM
Re: Was the Lorica REALLY polished? - by Anonymous - 08-16-2003, 07:28 PM
Re: What about neatsfoot oil, or pig fat? - by Anonymous - 08-16-2003, 07:38 PM
Re: What about neatsfoot oil, or pig fat? - by Anonymous - 08-16-2003, 09:16 PM
Re: What about neatsfoot oil, or pig fat? - by Anonymous - 08-17-2003, 10:23 AM
Fragility - by Hibernicus - 08-17-2003, 04:34 PM
Re: Was the Lorica REALLY polished? - by Guest - 08-20-2003, 05:12 PM
Re: Was the Lorica REALLY polished? - by Anonymous - 08-20-2003, 10:27 PM
Re: Was the Lorica REALLY polished? - by Anonymous - 08-21-2003, 12:00 PM
was the lorica polished - by Anonymous - 08-26-2003, 08:04 PM
Re: was the lorica polished - by Hibernicus - 08-27-2003, 12:20 AM
Re: was the lorica polished - by Anonymous - 08-27-2003, 02:56 PM
Re: was the lorica polished - by FlaviusCrispus - 08-27-2003, 03:32 PM
was lorica polished - by Anonymous - 08-28-2003, 05:26 PM
Was the Lorica polished? - by Anonymous - 09-08-2003, 12:55 PM
Re: Was the Lorica polished? - by DECIMvS MERCATIvS VARIANvS - 09-08-2003, 03:56 PM
Re: Was the Lorica polished? - by FlaviusCrispus - 09-08-2003, 06:14 PM
Re: Was the Lorica polished? - by FlaviusCrispus - 09-09-2003, 04:06 PM
Re: Was the Lorica polished? - by Hibernicus - 09-09-2003, 05:27 PM
nice shiney loricae - by Anonymous - 09-09-2003, 07:43 PM
Re: Was the Lorica polished? - by Guest - 09-10-2003, 09:07 AM
... - by Matthew Amt - 09-10-2003, 01:43 PM
Re: ... - by Anonymous - 09-10-2003, 05:37 PM
Perhaps... - by Hibernicus - 09-11-2003, 02:10 PM
Colour vs Colour - by Anonymous - 09-11-2003, 02:46 PM
Re: Colour vs Colour - by Anonymous - 09-12-2003, 02:05 PM
Never give up... - by Matthew Amt - 09-13-2003, 09:56 PM
Scholars vs. Reenactors? - by Anonymous - 09-15-2003, 03:56 PM
Re: Scholars vs. Reenactors? or Scholars AND Reenactors - by Anonymous - 09-15-2003, 08:32 PM
Re: Never give up... - by FlaviusCrispus - 09-15-2003, 09:21 PM
Boy-o-boy...lol - by Anonymous - 09-17-2003, 04:35 PM
K.I.S.S. - by Matthew Amt - 09-18-2003, 03:17 PM
Hold the phone! - by Matthew Amt - 09-18-2003, 03:26 PM
Burnishing - by John Maddox Roberts - 09-22-2003, 01:25 PM
PS - by Anonymous - 09-22-2003, 11:07 PM
The Deepeeka Shine - by Daniel S Peterson - 09-23-2003, 07:14 PM
Re: The Deepeeka Shine - by richard - 09-25-2003, 12:28 AM
Re: Free labor! - by Anonymous - 10-29-2003, 05:16 AM
begs the question... - by richard - 11-18-2003, 04:08 AM
What\'s the ancient equivalent of the scotch bright pad? - by Anonymous - 11-18-2003, 01:52 PM
Re: tinning mail??? - by Anonymous - 11-23-2003, 02:49 PM
On Polishing - by Anonymous - 12-04-2003, 01:28 PM
Re: On Polishing - by Aluscladiusmaximus - 12-14-2003, 05:38 PM

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