12-31-2014, 08:58 PM
Quote:Dan Howard post=363524 Wrote:Connolly wrote about personally witnessing a 2000 year-old sword dredged from Lake Neuchatel that could be "bent almost double and then flex back" (Greece and Rome at War, p.115). The best book on this subject is probably Pleiner's The Celtic Sword.
and how many of the blades from that place don`t flex?...
there were always some extraordinary pieces, but not in mass
How many blades have you tested? Why do you think that Roman swords, or Celtic La Tene II and III swords known to be slashing swords, reported by Philon to be tested for springiness, weren't springy by and large? Is there some source that you're using that reports this info?
