02-03-2004, 12:47 AM
It looks rather too short and squat to me (or has it been shortened by the uploading process?). The grooves are definitely wrong for that shape of blade and are the wrong shape in any case. I am uncomfortable with the decoration on the handle as although there are examples of highly decorated handles, it does not look particularly Roman in style to me (although I am ready to be proved wrong).<br>
I do not find the decoration of the lower half of the sheath convincing: I am uncomfortable with there being a roundle which is not enclosed within its own frame, especially when there is another roundle in the second field which is enclosed in its own frame. There should also, I believe, be a rivet through the expansion (helping to hold the sheath together) or at least a decorative boss, rather than another roundle of the same type as the other two. I have yet to see an example of this type of decoration on an expansion in preference to a rivet or boss, although some are decorated nonetheless.<br>
The top half of the sheath does indeed look like a good copy of the Oberammergau sheath but I think they have assumed rather too much about the lower half, without much reference to sources. As far as the effects of living history use go, quite a few of the originals may have lost a good deal of their silver before they themselves were lost or deposited.<br>
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I do not find the decoration of the lower half of the sheath convincing: I am uncomfortable with there being a roundle which is not enclosed within its own frame, especially when there is another roundle in the second field which is enclosed in its own frame. There should also, I believe, be a rivet through the expansion (helping to hold the sheath together) or at least a decorative boss, rather than another roundle of the same type as the other two. I have yet to see an example of this type of decoration on an expansion in preference to a rivet or boss, although some are decorated nonetheless.<br>
The top half of the sheath does indeed look like a good copy of the Oberammergau sheath but I think they have assumed rather too much about the lower half, without much reference to sources. As far as the effects of living history use go, quite a few of the originals may have lost a good deal of their silver before they themselves were lost or deposited.<br>
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Crispvs <p></p><i></i>
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