Reconstruction Sisak pugio

[Quintilianus]

Jurgen,

I know what you mean about smelly bone! I gave up using power tools on bone several years ago after I got sick and tired of the smell. I always work it by hand these days.

Are your bone inserts made of one piece each or two? I have found in the past that only the cow's shank bone is suitable for this purpose but even on this bone the curvature is too great in the areas with the thickest bone. Did you solve this problem by cutting the horizontal piece for the guard separately?

I think you deserve another laud point by the way.

Crispvs

Indeed I used two separate pieces per insert, one for the grip and one for the guard. The most Roman bonework I have seen consist of separate layers of bone.

Thanks for the laudpoint.