Dacians

[Quintus Aurelius Lepidus]

do you know if there are groups who reenact dacians ?

where can you get a falx? it's one of my favourite weapons

[Medicus matt]

do you know if there are groups who reenact dacians ?

where can you get a falx? it's one of my favourite weapons

David Simm makes a pretty mean falx, if the results of the cutting tests he did with it in Vol 11 of JRMES was anything to go by!

Didn't Legio XX have a Dacian? Sure I saw a picture of him carving up a shield somewhere.

Tricky to use 'safely' in a reenactment situation though...bit like having a DaneAxe...great weapon for tarting with but they just won't let you use it properly on the field. :wink:

[Peroni]

There are some Romanians that reenact the Dacians..

See www.dacia.org and have a look at some of the Dacia Magazines. April 2008 is a good issue!

Falx are available from Mark Morrow.
http://www.swordsmith.net/roman.asp?gallery=roman

[Matthew Amt]

Well, I wouldn't say Legio XX "has" a Dacian, but Steve Peffley comes to play with us whenever he can. And yes, he has a falx!

http://www.larp.com/legioxx/falxcut1.jpg

Made by Mark Morrow. I'm the one holding the other end of the beam that the test shield is resting on. It was exciting! It's also why we carry pila.

Valete,

Matthew

[Quintus Aurelius Lepidus]

thanks!

[Na Saighdiuir]

Great pic Matthew...a falx is a pretty nasty weapon to be facing,it makes that shield look like paper.

PS the romans had cameras??my god we owe them so much D

[Quintus Aurelius Lepidus]

yeah it's a really cool pic!

[arklore70]

Hmm, I wonder how long it took him to get his falx free of the scutum.



No doubt about it, Mark Morrow makes a heck of a blade, be it gladius, pugio, or falx.

Mike

[Marcus Mummius]

Hmm, I wonder how long it took him to get his falx free of the scutum.

A lot longer than it took the mates of the miles whose scutum was struck to cut him up with their gladii... :twisted: [/list]

[The_Mariner]

do you know if there are groups who reenact dacians ?

where can you get a falx? it's one of my favourite weapons

When you get that working for you come see us at the XXXth, we did some
work with the Dacians, As a matter of fact thats why we had to wear
heavyer armour and helms with bands....


All in good fun!

[Magnus]

Actually, it took him long enough to ram a gladius in his guts...A straight cut into the scutum would probably cause the blade to be lodged there...Not a good idea.

[Dain II.]

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greetings,
Stephan

[crandell]

do you know if there are groups who reenact dacians ?

where can you get a falx? it's one of my favourite weapons

Try to contact Catalin Boranjic. You can find his contact details at the Encyclopedia Dacica site http://www.enciclopedia-dacica.ro/ Or contact me off list and I'll put you in touch with him.

He has made a lot of replica falxes and other weapons for the Dacian festival in Cricau. I know that the first falx he made was by hand from a bar of iron, but I'm not sure about the others that he makes for the festival. He's also published a few articles specifically about the falx.


Otis

[Quintus Aurelius Lepidus]

sorry for late reply but i was off on holiday. tnx!

[Quintus Aurelius Lepidus]

It took a while but I got my falx today!