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Nice smooth finish and a great look. You mark them as replica's; could you show us the original too, would be nice to see them line up. And the question obviously next is; how will they be priced?
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Those are excellent. The only thing that I would do is remove the mirror shine since I doubt they would have been. I am not saying that they could not be shiny (natural sheen of the metal) or that the Romans could not achieve a mirror shine since the Romans had mirrors made of metal that had....well.....a mirror shine.
However for an item such as this, I doubt it.
All that would be required is a once over with steel wool. Not a real task.
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The decorated one is really nice. It is true they removed the dings from hammer marks. The issue is not if they were able
to polish it, the issue is would something this simple be polished to a mirror finish.
In the Roman period, I agree that a wiping would do to maintain the item.
I am not sure how many times you would use a strigil in reenactment so I think it would be safer to have a duller finish that would resemble the
natural sheen of the metal.
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Excellent finished product!