08-08-2009, 02:07 PM
Salvete Omnes,
I am working on a traveling blacksmith/marketeer impression. I would like to portray a aux. veteran who has picked up a craft in the beginning of the first century. They "must" have carried so kind of self defence. I was thinking along the lines of a large utility knife and a spear, given the fact that swords were often not allowed inside a city or camp (assumption!). Please share your thoughts, if at all possible with a reference to shreds of evidence.
I am working on a traveling blacksmith/marketeer impression. I would like to portray a aux. veteran who has picked up a craft in the beginning of the first century. They "must" have carried so kind of self defence. I was thinking along the lines of a large utility knife and a spear, given the fact that swords were often not allowed inside a city or camp (assumption!). Please share your thoughts, if at all possible with a reference to shreds of evidence.
