12-11-2006, 02:36 AM
Everything posted thus far about other weapons is fine, but am I mistaken or don't all of those have otherwise smooth grips? Roman swords had finger grooves specifically, I would think, to give the holder a far better hold. If you wrap anything around them you negate that by essentially filling in the finger grooves, so why would you do it? Why go to all the trouble of grooving the bone- and there 8 facets in each of the 4 grooves on an average grip, so that's a LOT of shaping- if you're just going to wrap it and cover them up? The leather cord, etc., used on other types of weapons is to give them the extra grip that the grooves on Roman sword grips have by design... yes?
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