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Calling Graham Sumner
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Recently I have been trying to popularize authentic cold weather kit for use on cold days in the R.M.R.S. Lately I have been experimenting with woollen leg wrappings and have been very pleased with the results. The insulation factor was good and overall I found I was warmer and tired less quickly than some other members of the group who were not wearing leg wrappings and period socks. I found also that as long as the strings passed around the leg at the top of the calf and at the ankle at least twice before being tied off, the wrappings stayed secure for the entire day. Because on this occasion the wrappings were largely experimental I used garden twine (made, I think, of sisal) for the strings. What I need to know now is what the strings on the surviving originals are made of so that I can test an accurate reconstruction. If Graham Sumner (or anyone else who knows) is reading this can you offer any advice?<br>
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Hi Crispus, Graham has just asked me to post this:<br>
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Leg wrappings.<br>
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Some seven years ago at Kirby Hall, I tore the calf muscle in my right leg and it still causes me problems today. It was probably caused by a long period of standing around and then suddenly having to move. I was unable to walk on it for three months.<br>
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Since then I have been a great believer that veteran Roman soldiers would have worn leg protectors, To stop muscles getting cold if nothing else. There are plenty of pictures of hunters throughout the Roman period wearing either leg bindings (puttees) or leg wrappings.<br>
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Late Roman monuments like the Arch of Constantine also show them quite clearly. However it is a mystery to me why they are not shown worn by soldiers during the early empire.<br>
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There is a pair of leg wrappings which survive from Denmark. There is no doubt as to what they are as the original owners leg is still in one of them! They look identical to those shown on Roman sculptures and mosaics<br>
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Paul (Crispus) if you want to see a colour picture of them can you e-mail me directly and I will send you some. The strings themselves appear to be part of the actual wrapping itself.<br>
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Graham <p></p><i></i>
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>Graham has just asked me to post this:<hr><br>
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Aitor, I am sure this has been asked before, but why doesn't Graham just break down and join RAT??? Would it not be easier than having YOU post everything for him? Besides, he's a famous author and now must mingle with us peasantly peope who buy his books<br>
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Decimus,<br>
I try to help my friends and I don't bother them asking whys!<br>
Crispus,<br>
I forgot to tell you that Graham's e-mail address is on his books!<br>
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Aitor<br>
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