12-27-2007, 09:20 PM
Salve Niels,
One of the best places to go for info like this is the site of Legio XX, they have a lot of info on making your own things. An inch is 2.6 centimeters, so you can work out the measurements. There is no such thing as the "perfect pilum", there a quite some variations in the ones found, often in lenght of the metal shaft. Are you going to forge it?
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/pilum.html
This link will take you straight to the website, it is VERY informative!
Another tip, hop over to a good toolshop (gereedschapswinkel) and get a folding ruler (duimstok) showing centimeters on one side and inches on the other. When making things, most helpfull, as a lot of good info is not in metric.
Good luck, have fun!
One of the best places to go for info like this is the site of Legio XX, they have a lot of info on making your own things. An inch is 2.6 centimeters, so you can work out the measurements. There is no such thing as the "perfect pilum", there a quite some variations in the ones found, often in lenght of the metal shaft. Are you going to forge it?
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/pilum.html
This link will take you straight to the website, it is VERY informative!
Another tip, hop over to a good toolshop (gereedschapswinkel) and get a folding ruler (duimstok) showing centimeters on one side and inches on the other. When making things, most helpfull, as a lot of good info is not in metric.
Good luck, have fun!
