04-11-2004, 12:52 PM
"That's quite hypocritical...improperly made modern brassware, ..hardly resemble actual roman fittings. I'm talking about your belt components."<br>
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"D" style buckle?...Puchased domed elements for plates and danglium rivets? ...Drawer pull as dinglium? .... Yeah, we have some old stuff "hanging" around. (I've seen an illustration of a high domed belt plate.. I'll see if I can find it.....) You ought to see what we DON'T use! We've learned a great deal over the last decade. Try to share as much of that knowledge as we can.... I personally hate seeing guys make the same mistakes I made.... You should have seen some of our first seg fittings! Atrocious! You ought to see some of our first pilum.... precision made, no tooling marks.. OHMIGAWD!.. made with a grinder.. eww-yuck!<br>
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I sometimes wish it was just me and a couple of guys... My personal kit would be PERFECT and complete.. but, we have 12 segs on the bench in southern California right now, a couple for customers, the rest for Legio IXers.... plus a list of projects.... HUGE LISt.... 1- 4 fabrica per week at my place, busy.... too busy.... I don't know when I'm going to be able to get around to making new caliga for myself... I gave the last two pair to new guys...<br>
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At least I can brag that the kit for our newer guys is far better (more accurate) than mine... far better.<br>
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"Other items of your gear has had raised eyebrows as well. A good example being your "Loculus". Trajan's column shows it being flat, with no side pieces, or "gores". "<br>
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Old gear. Besides, that's my Centurio Loculus.. gotta have room for reports, maps, soldier rolls, the bribes common soldiers pay me to get out of duty.<br>
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And, as we all know, Trajan's column is NOT a source for details. If it was we'd be wearing BenHur and Spartacus and Gladiator style segs.<br>
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Besides, the idea for insert panels did not originate with me.<br>
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We also added something new to our loculuses, something that does not appear in any sculpture, but something that is used on other gear.... pics later.<br>
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"But I guess you brush off historical accuracy where you see fit,"<br>
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That's not even remotely true. As the wsie man once said: "Bad form."<br>
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"...at least I can wipe the vaseline off."<br>
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I hope you do. That's the point.<br>
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This is the point... No one who supports the theory of burnished steel should be using modern tools and materials to keep their Kit rust free. Support the thesis in practice.<br>
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Hibernicus<br>
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"D" style buckle?...Puchased domed elements for plates and danglium rivets? ...Drawer pull as dinglium? .... Yeah, we have some old stuff "hanging" around. (I've seen an illustration of a high domed belt plate.. I'll see if I can find it.....) You ought to see what we DON'T use! We've learned a great deal over the last decade. Try to share as much of that knowledge as we can.... I personally hate seeing guys make the same mistakes I made.... You should have seen some of our first seg fittings! Atrocious! You ought to see some of our first pilum.... precision made, no tooling marks.. OHMIGAWD!.. made with a grinder.. eww-yuck!<br>
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I sometimes wish it was just me and a couple of guys... My personal kit would be PERFECT and complete.. but, we have 12 segs on the bench in southern California right now, a couple for customers, the rest for Legio IXers.... plus a list of projects.... HUGE LISt.... 1- 4 fabrica per week at my place, busy.... too busy.... I don't know when I'm going to be able to get around to making new caliga for myself... I gave the last two pair to new guys...<br>
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At least I can brag that the kit for our newer guys is far better (more accurate) than mine... far better.<br>
<br>
"Other items of your gear has had raised eyebrows as well. A good example being your "Loculus". Trajan's column shows it being flat, with no side pieces, or "gores". "<br>
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Old gear. Besides, that's my Centurio Loculus.. gotta have room for reports, maps, soldier rolls, the bribes common soldiers pay me to get out of duty.<br>
<br>
And, as we all know, Trajan's column is NOT a source for details. If it was we'd be wearing BenHur and Spartacus and Gladiator style segs.<br>
<br>
Besides, the idea for insert panels did not originate with me.<br>
<br>
We also added something new to our loculuses, something that does not appear in any sculpture, but something that is used on other gear.... pics later.<br>
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"But I guess you brush off historical accuracy where you see fit,"<br>
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That's not even remotely true. As the wsie man once said: "Bad form."<br>
<br>
"...at least I can wipe the vaseline off."<br>
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I hope you do. That's the point.<br>
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This is the point... No one who supports the theory of burnished steel should be using modern tools and materials to keep their Kit rust free. Support the thesis in practice.<br>
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Hibernicus<br>
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Hibernicus
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America
