Hasta Pura Nomination

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

So to get this straight, the Hasta Pura is also for someone who makes a very good sword, but also for someone who does a very good impression of (say) a Roman soldier by buying very good replicas? The main thing is that you will have to make a presentation about your object(s) for a jury which will decide how well you know your stuff?

If we nominate someone else, can they decline because they feel they don't know enough about their gear?
And if we nominate someone else, do we have to say in advance what they are nominated for? For instance, what are you nominating Peroni for - what does have to defend in front of the jury?

Probably in HASTA PURA was better to explain why we want to nominate someone.

All the winners of the hasta pura were people who not only had make equipment but knows well roman equipment.

There are, of course, armourers who make very more better work, but don't know really how a roman piece was made. So, sometimes, we can know some very good look stuff, but inacurate.

And there are people who knows very well the roman thing, but don't have make any replica.

But i prefer to make a clear dinstinction between the makers of roman equipment and the "good roman impression" people.

Can we make another award? A bronze/silver/gold hammer?