11-03-2004, 10:15 PM
Florentius,<br>
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I don't have a good picture but there are one or two photos on our website [url=http://www.romanarmy.net" target="top]www.romanarmy.net[/url] which give a glimpse or two of parts of it. I'll apologise now for leaving my shield cover at home in the rush to get away and for the fact that I haven't got around to turning the centre plates of the main shoulder splints on my lorica around yet. I still haven't worked out how to post photos but if you look at the Hadran's Wall page on the site you can see me adjusting the harness just prior to rigging it to my shield (labelled 'pig fat application'). The torso straps can be seen in the photo 'Kitting up' and I can be seen ratchetting my shield up into position in the photo below. I can be seen from behind with my shield slung on the harness in the photo labelled 'gladiator??'. Your experienced eye may be able to give you some idea of the harness form these few glimpses. As a practical experiment, each of the seventeen soldiers participating in the Hadrian's wall march used a different harness design, to test each and assess whether or not it was a practical possibility. Sorry about the tortuous method of showing you the photos.<br>
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Crispvs <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=crispvs>Crispvs</A> at: 11/3/04 11:33 pm<br></i>
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I don't have a good picture but there are one or two photos on our website [url=http://www.romanarmy.net" target="top]www.romanarmy.net[/url] which give a glimpse or two of parts of it. I'll apologise now for leaving my shield cover at home in the rush to get away and for the fact that I haven't got around to turning the centre plates of the main shoulder splints on my lorica around yet. I still haven't worked out how to post photos but if you look at the Hadran's Wall page on the site you can see me adjusting the harness just prior to rigging it to my shield (labelled 'pig fat application'). The torso straps can be seen in the photo 'Kitting up' and I can be seen ratchetting my shield up into position in the photo below. I can be seen from behind with my shield slung on the harness in the photo labelled 'gladiator??'. Your experienced eye may be able to give you some idea of the harness form these few glimpses. As a practical experiment, each of the seventeen soldiers participating in the Hadrian's wall march used a different harness design, to test each and assess whether or not it was a practical possibility. Sorry about the tortuous method of showing you the photos.<br>
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Crispvs <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=crispvs>Crispvs</A> at: 11/3/04 11:33 pm<br></i>
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