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Late roman spatha\'s with stripe pattern
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Hi Andrew. I don't know about metalic grips. Something else about grips. Holger Ratsdorf told me bone grips, were very rare on late roman spathae. The most common was a grip out of leather, twisted around the tang. Is this indeed the case?

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