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Looks quite good, and we know the Romans had them, although I thought they were worn on the arm. This one's leather.
Leather wrist purse
Any thoughts?
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Intresting, looks quite nicely made, do we know what the Romans kept in them? Money would be the obvious one, but I wonder if there could have been anything more obscure.
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Money I believe was found in one!
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Brian offered to make me one! :roll: That would be the one he was talking about, Caballo!
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The only wrist/arm purses I know about were made of bronze. Never heard anything about something like that in leather, from written or other sources and as long as that doesn't change I'll abstain from making/wearing one, even though the idea itself may be sound enough.
One the one shown above, I'd say that the leather is way too thick in most places, considering the material used for (original) drawstring bags and such.
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Done some digging around the dusty recesses of my bookshelves :oops: and found this.
From Vindolanda research reports Vol III- preliminary report on leather by Carol Van Driel Murray " From the pre 1973 excavations comes a leather version of the more familiar bronze armlet purse. It appears to be a tube of leather knotted at one side and expanded at the other".
And Byron, how much was Brian asking? Send me a pm?
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Martin,
I haven't got the book to hand (at work) but IIRC its on page 45. A small (not very useful) picture as well. Apparently, it wasn't well conserved- techniques have improved a lot since then!
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