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Thank you all for the responses.
I am having a Fulham blade reconstructed and I would like to make the entire hilt out of ivory as a departure from the usual wood and bone. This of course depends on the evidence of hilts for Fulham and Mainz gladii. I am not going to just wing it and assume.
This is why I was wondering if there are any Mainz or Fulham styles hilts made of bone, ivory or both; no wood at all.
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Pesonally ... I would go for it 8)
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Quote:Thank you all for the responses.
I am having a Fulham blade reconstructed and I would like to make the entire hilt out of ivory as a departure from the usual wood and bone. This of course depends on the evidence of hilts for Fulham and Mainz gladii. I am not going to just wing it and assume.
This is why I was wondering if there are any Mainz or Fulham styles hilts made of bone, ivory or both; no wood at all.
Thanks
Paolo
Interesting do you plan on using real ivory, or simulated ivory?
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Thank you Yoda for the encouragment. I think it would really look awesome with a two tone scabbard (silver and brass relief). If the pompeii sword and the spatha hilts are ivory and bone, I do no see why a Mainz or Fulham could not have been.
Paul, my armorer in Europe is trying to locate some real ivory.
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Are there any more pictures of the pugio blade from Leiden? Also they seem to have improved the pictures in that forum. They seem a lot better resolution than the last time I looked at them! :? D
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Byron,
Do you have a link to the scabbards and hilts you are refering to?
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Paolo
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