Show here your Roman soldier impression

[Crispvs]

Grab,

As Avitianus said, nice impression.

Just one or two small things to point out however.
Firstly, if your pugio is one of the old Deepeeka versions (as it looks to be) you might need to think about modifying or even retiring it. Send me a PM and I can give you some tips on what to do to get it right. If the sheath is the one with the brass plates rivetted on, you should think about replacing it, as there is no evidence of such plates, despite the many artist's impressions of them you can find in books which should know better. Again I can give you some advice about how to replace it reasonable inexpensively and yet accurately.
Secondly, I see you wear your belt between the bottom two tie loops a-la the ESG. If your belt is the right size you should not need to do this, as you should be able to tighten it sufficiently for it to grip around the lower pair of girdle plates (as in the photo of me below), which will also allow the hips to take some of the weight of your armour. The rolled lower edges of the two bottom girdle plates also helps to keep the belt in place. It is a good idea however to put the belt on without the dagger and then attach the dagger once the belt is securely done up. This means that the dagger does not drag the belt down at one side as you are trying to tighten it. Incidentally, most depictions of soldiers wearing daggers show the pugio being worn slightly more frontally. This could be small project to fill in of the remaining weekend days prior to the season starting up again.
I am quite envious of your belt by the way - Nodge does do excellent work.



Regards

Crispvs