05-01-2007, 11:17 AM
Chuck, we've got bigger boys than you in the International Brigade.
Is your helmet bronze?
Kurt, that looks like the Deepeeka aichme on your pike. Is it? I had one, but ground it down to a better shape and gave it to a big, strong lad for a Viking spear. It's much too heavy. According to Connolly ("Greece and rome at War"), sarissa aichme were quite tiny, like the Manning Dory tips.
Makes sense to me. I got a spear from Poland for £10 which has a very small, sharp head, ideal for this purpose; I must try to get some more. the counterpoise looks good, though; where did you get it?
Gioi, welcome back! The high-crested helmet is not the one you sent me, but my OTHER bronze one (Yes! I'm such a tart, I've got two!). I'm in the process of making a standard crest for the one you sent me, as well as one for my brass Corinthian. Additionally, I've finally got my Kopis, made by Matt Clatworthy, fitted with brass, so I can re-create that image of the melanochitonos which started all the madness. Oh, and I've ground down my Deepeeka Xiphos so that it looks much more elegant than in those pictures. I must get posing again...
Is your helmet bronze?
Kurt, that looks like the Deepeeka aichme on your pike. Is it? I had one, but ground it down to a better shape and gave it to a big, strong lad for a Viking spear. It's much too heavy. According to Connolly ("Greece and rome at War"), sarissa aichme were quite tiny, like the Manning Dory tips.
Makes sense to me. I got a spear from Poland for £10 which has a very small, sharp head, ideal for this purpose; I must try to get some more. the counterpoise looks good, though; where did you get it?
Gioi, welcome back! The high-crested helmet is not the one you sent me, but my OTHER bronze one (Yes! I'm such a tart, I've got two!). I'm in the process of making a standard crest for the one you sent me, as well as one for my brass Corinthian. Additionally, I've finally got my Kopis, made by Matt Clatworthy, fitted with brass, so I can re-create that image of the melanochitonos which started all the madness. Oh, and I've ground down my Deepeeka Xiphos so that it looks much more elegant than in those pictures. I must get posing again...
