10-20-2014, 03:58 PM
Thank you very much.
The wire is a solution I borrowed shamelessly from you.
I am aware there is no evidence suporting it. But I believe that we must to try alternative solutions to reconstruction problems because it is clear to me that things we consider familiar could be very different in their original form.
Is ithere any evidence of stitched leather in roman swords? Could the leather in scabbards be painted instead of dyed (like parchment)? Were many roman hilts actually covered in very thin hide like certainly many tolos and weapons are in other parts of the world?
May be things could be make in a very different way andwe simply are too affected by our own familiar ways. For example it is quite obvious that the ring in these swords was put before tan the actual grip. reconstructions often mimic medieval Wood, thread, pressed leather method.
How many other options we have? Horn is attacked by some bacteria that completely disintegrates it very quickly. But it is a very used material from ancient times.
The wire is a solution I borrowed shamelessly from you.
I am aware there is no evidence suporting it. But I believe that we must to try alternative solutions to reconstruction problems because it is clear to me that things we consider familiar could be very different in their original form.
Is ithere any evidence of stitched leather in roman swords? Could the leather in scabbards be painted instead of dyed (like parchment)? Were many roman hilts actually covered in very thin hide like certainly many tolos and weapons are in other parts of the world?
May be things could be make in a very different way andwe simply are too affected by our own familiar ways. For example it is quite obvious that the ring in these swords was put before tan the actual grip. reconstructions often mimic medieval Wood, thread, pressed leather method.
How many other options we have? Horn is attacked by some bacteria that completely disintegrates it very quickly. But it is a very used material from ancient times.
