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Darn. I was pretty happy with my DSC Castlefords until I read this. Two years old and doing pretty well.
So who makes the best commercially available caligae? Other than DSC and Deepeeka, I didn't know there was another one. I will buy a pair if there is one.
So to help DPK (and everone else) out, which patterns, other than Mainz and Castleford, are most representative of the first century?
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Dear Martin
The question was not of copying- I have enough reseratch material with me to make sandals. I need to see the stitches, the seams, the leather- is that too much too ask.
Besides, I am surprised at your outburst- after all RAT has seen enough copies of Deepeeka's products in the market. I am not sure if you reprimanded them. If it was that way, I dont think anyone in India would be able to sell any Roman product in the world- as what you see everywhere is essentially takes offs or copies of Deepeeka models- including the people running these organisations.
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Of course there are better products out there but for off the shelf mass produced the DSC caligae are the best. We're not talking custom made here. If Deepeeka makes a similar quality caligae it should meet the needs of most reenactors. There will always be those who will make their own or have a pair custom made but that isn't Deepeeka's market anyway.
"The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones"
Antony
