01-11-2007, 04:37 PM
Hi Robert
You will never have an 'authentic' tunic unless you can afford to have one entirely hand woven using similar wool to what the Romans would have used made by someone who knows exactly what they are doing based on years of experience.
However for re-enactment purposes the linen tunic Aitor has is ideal and he has also managed to get reasonably narrow cuffs which he manages to use without dislocating his arms. I keep mentioning his tunic because without resorting to the expense of having something hand woven he has still achieved the best tunic I have seen. Not only that but he incorporates accurate designs without resorting to made up ones or using modern Indian ones. Full marks.
Perhaps he should go into mass production of his design!
Graham.
You will never have an 'authentic' tunic unless you can afford to have one entirely hand woven using similar wool to what the Romans would have used made by someone who knows exactly what they are doing based on years of experience.
However for re-enactment purposes the linen tunic Aitor has is ideal and he has also managed to get reasonably narrow cuffs which he manages to use without dislocating his arms. I keep mentioning his tunic because without resorting to the expense of having something hand woven he has still achieved the best tunic I have seen. Not only that but he incorporates accurate designs without resorting to made up ones or using modern Indian ones. Full marks.
Perhaps he should go into mass production of his design!
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
