Leeuwen Pugio

[Doc]

Does anyone have any information on the dimension of the Leeuwen pugio.....size of the the blade, scabbard etc?

Thank you

[PhilusEstilius]

Paolo.

If you Google The Leeuwen Pugio you will find some very good pictures of it by Bladesmith's Forum.com

[Decebalus]

The scabbard is (in its fragmented state) 19,8 cm long according to:
J. Obmann, Studien zu römischen Dolchscheiden des 1. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. (Rahden/Westf. 2000)

Regards

[Doc]

Thank you Andreas for the information.

[Doc]

I forgot to mention....from pictures of the original that I have seen, it appears that the scabbard is complete.

[Jona Lendering]

"Leeuwen" is a Dutch placename. Is it the place where this dagger was found? (I was born there.)

[jvrjenivs]

"Leeuwen" is a Dutch placename. Is it the place where this dagger was found? (I was born there.)

Yes it is.

[Jona Lendering]

Nice!

[jvrjenivs]

[jvrjenivs]

And the official museum record of the piece, with high-res pics of the original.
http://www.rmo.nl/collectie/zoeken?object=e+1931%2f2.21

[Jona Lendering]

Thanks again Jurjen!

[Doc]

Hello Jurjen,

Thank you very much for the information. I take it that the 35cm for the length included the hilt plus the scabbard?

[jvrjenivs]

Hello Jurjen,

Thank you very much for the information. I take it that the 35cm for the length included the hilt plus the scabbard?

Yes, I think so too. Furthermore the original references are mentioned, so you can see if you can get hold of these.

[Decebalus]

As I figured out now, that there are at least three daggers/scabbards from Leeuwen, the scabbard length I give in my first post, is not from the piece Doc meant. For this the length of the scabbard is given with 25 cm, so 35 cm must be the overall length.

Regards

[Doc]

Hello Andreas,


Thanks for the reply.