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What substitute materials do you use when reproducing Roman gear and why? .... why not a more authentic materials?.... cost, skills, availability???
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I plan on making a reconstruction of the Vindolanda tent using pyrotone as described by Florentius:
[url:nnfa7m7h]http://www.florentius.com/tent.htm[/url]
This substitutes for goat skin at a fraction of the cost (cow leather isn't really correct either). Painted a suitable color, from a distance at least, it looks like leather. Also to save time, the tent seams will be machine stitched:
[url:nnfa7m7h]http://69.245.185.34/consew226r1.jpg[/url]
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