12-22-2012, 01:00 AM
Very nice indeed!
Byron, in answer to your question, numerous striker plates from Mainz type handles have been found, but very few for Pompeii type handles. I can only think of a single example, and that one may be from a spatha. Surviving Pompeii type guards from Vindonnissa are recessed, seemingly to accept striker plates, but in each case, the shoulders of the blade have worked their way into the wood, leaving clear marks which show that striker plates could not have been present.
Crispvs
Byron, in answer to your question, numerous striker plates from Mainz type handles have been found, but very few for Pompeii type handles. I can only think of a single example, and that one may be from a spatha. Surviving Pompeii type guards from Vindonnissa are recessed, seemingly to accept striker plates, but in each case, the shoulders of the blade have worked their way into the wood, leaving clear marks which show that striker plates could not have been present.
Crispvs
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