show off your gladius

[M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER]

My new gladius pompeiiensis by Matt Lukes. The handle parts are made out of basswood, the scabbard - out of linden, covered in pigskin.
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The locket is a replica of the item from the Grawert collection, B100,31 in Miks. It features a band with dolphins with an acorn between them, a band with the heads of a satyr and Silenus, an adlocutio scene, a band with griffins and a kantharos between them, three figures including Minerva and possibly Fortuna, and a band with the heads of Silenus, satyr, and Dionysus with a crook, syrinx and something else I cannot yet recognize.
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The chape (the only known of a repusse type) is a replica of a Vindonissa find, B328,177 in Miks and features the same figures of Minerva and possibly Fortuna. The pommel nut and band in the middle is from the Mainz find, A467 in Miks. I tinned the scabbard parts, since the original locket had traces of tin.
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The blade (not shown) is a replica of a find from Lommis (Switzerland), A440 in Miks. It is a composite blade of an Augst-type, as described here.