11-17-2012, 04:36 AM
Hahahahahaha! OK Christian, I will admit to being one of the Germanic school of thought and ways. My German however is at this moment not good enough to pass as one, except when speaking German to a non German 
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Still, even cultural differences do not excuse personal attacks, trolling, unsupported claims or (not so) veiled allegations. In my many years posting on this forum I have not had any posts deleted and have received one warning, which was when I clashed with Hibernicus of Leg Hispania and made a very unfriendly comment about how I viewed his organization of the Leg Hispania in chapters. That intervention was fully justified and I edited that post. So I do try to “not be a German” :wink:
@Patrick You are very correct in assuming there were variations in the making of items. As a blacksmith, I have studied swords, knives, slave shackles, trying to understand how they were made and there are no two exactly alike. They can be classed into types, however, so a replica is often a model of a certain type. A reproduction will conform to a certain find, so has provenance. These are also more difficult to make, as that does require near mm accuracy. I think there are very few people on this forum who will challenge the placements of your rossetes on your helmet.
.Still, even cultural differences do not excuse personal attacks, trolling, unsupported claims or (not so) veiled allegations. In my many years posting on this forum I have not had any posts deleted and have received one warning, which was when I clashed with Hibernicus of Leg Hispania and made a very unfriendly comment about how I viewed his organization of the Leg Hispania in chapters. That intervention was fully justified and I edited that post. So I do try to “not be a German” :wink:
@Patrick You are very correct in assuming there were variations in the making of items. As a blacksmith, I have studied swords, knives, slave shackles, trying to understand how they were made and there are no two exactly alike. They can be classed into types, however, so a replica is often a model of a certain type. A reproduction will conform to a certain find, so has provenance. These are also more difficult to make, as that does require near mm accuracy. I think there are very few people on this forum who will challenge the placements of your rossetes on your helmet.
