11-20-2007, 04:33 PM
Quote:The Deepeeka ones are made like this... When assembled, the lead is cast over the socket/join.
Then I'm still as puzzled as before - because even though the lead does not feel like lead, I'm no expert in metallurgy. But I KNOW the weight is distributed differently than all other plumbatae I've held! :?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)