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FBX=Fire Box Steel, a type of mild steel. It's used at my dad's nuke plant.
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Ok , thickness is 1/4"
witdh is 2"
length is 29"
I want one big enough to work for me my whole life.
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For some sword measurements, check the last post in this thread. It has about 12 different finds listed with the length of blade and width.
link from old RAT
Only the Newstead Pompeii Gladius is 50mm wide ( 2 inches). The rest are thinner.
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I was just going to post a picture of that gladius Griffen, as i was sure it was 2"! Thanks saved me going to the trouble.....
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But here it is any way :roll:
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Also a small field anvil, In the museum is sats it was used for dressing farming tools out in the fields, but I imagine similar ones could be used for dressing sword edges.
A useful addition to your range I imagine.
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I swear Dagraed / Dennis of Comitatus had one just like that on his Ebay shop last week. Not there now, but contact him and he'd be able to knock one out, I'm sure.
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=22315
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You know i thought saw it too...I wonder if he does mushroom domes too?
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I bet he could do pretty much anything.
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Found it. Not exactly the same but damned close, based on the one found in Caerwent, Wales.
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I think it is simply stck in a stump or the ground, the curly bits stopping it from sinking too far? I think tha twas what the bumpph said in the museum....or perhaps just my imagination adding the details....
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Dan Marcvs is right it does not have to be 2" wide the sizes I gave were a guide to the ones that have been found, so long as it falls into this range you will be OK. FBX will be fine so free is good
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OK, so if it's too long or wide, It will be taken care of while cutting and grinding? BTW, what is cutting and grinding, and how do I do it?
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