10-30-2007, 06:56 PM
We get them made in-house, with our veruta, spicula, shields, belts etc. Weapons are made to a set pattern, by which I mean a standard size and weight. I first established these several years ago based on a variety of finds, and since then members have improved upon them.
I'll PM you about arms sales. But I'm not sure selling Roman arms to continental Europe is a good idea! They might come back the other way one day.
I've just weighed 3 at random complete with flights. Two (MKII versions) are 6oz, one heavy example (MKI) is 7oz. I have no idea what this is in Dutch. We reconsider our patterns at the end of each year and try and improve on them where necessary. The MKII's were made lighter in around 2004, and haven't changed since. But the blunts used in displays vary dramatically in weight and length. We are forever making new blunts for shows. One cavalry display can break 12 darts in just a few minutes. That can be up to 36 darts in an afternoon.
I'll PM you about arms sales. But I'm not sure selling Roman arms to continental Europe is a good idea! They might come back the other way one day.
I've just weighed 3 at random complete with flights. Two (MKII versions) are 6oz, one heavy example (MKI) is 7oz. I have no idea what this is in Dutch. We reconsider our patterns at the end of each year and try and improve on them where necessary. The MKII's were made lighter in around 2004, and haven't changed since. But the blunts used in displays vary dramatically in weight and length. We are forever making new blunts for shows. One cavalry display can break 12 darts in just a few minutes. That can be up to 36 darts in an afternoon.
John Conyard
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A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.comitatus.net">http://www.comitatus.net
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.historicalinterpretations.net">http://www.historicalinterpretations.net
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