Can the Feltwell Spatha be used for a late 4th c./early 5th c. Roman re-enactment?

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Can the Feltwell Spatha be used for a late 4th c./early 5th c. Roman re-enactment?

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09-18-2017, 10:39 PM

Quote:Gold grip swords would be later... second half of the 5th century on... certainly would agree though on the similarity not just in the grip either...

Germanic Goldgrip Spathae are 460 onwards. Hunnish ones date from ~400 to I think roughly 550.

Quote:Do the Osterburken-Kermathen type have Octagonal grips?, from what I can see there is no surviving furniture...

Not none, but very little, mostly the guards. A decayed handle. AFAIK many of the 5th century Gold-Grips have Osterburken-Kemathen blades don't they?

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Can the Feltwell Spatha be used for a late 4th c./early 5th c. Roman re-enactment? - by Lucius_Aelius - 09-07-2017, 03:08 PM

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RE: Can the Feltwell Spatha be used for a late 4th c./early 5th c. Roman re-enactment? - by Flavivs Aetivs - 09-18-2017, 10:39 PM

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