06-23-2014, 06:11 AM
I am not crying "Hi-Jack" 
I think that constructive conversation is good.
Here are my thoughts. I know that most people share the thought or idea of staying as historically accurate as possible when creating items such as we have been discussing here.
I came out of the USA Automotive industry as a Journeymen Model Maker and Plastics Specialist. Quite honestly... METAL work has NEVER BEEN my desire until now. I have a natural God-given talent that has always led me as what I might cll a "Visionary". That is... if I can "See it" in my mind's eye... I can achieve it... no matter what it is and usually with lesser means or cheaper tools, because I am not rich.
To me... If I were doing any Scabbard Plates or Belt Plates... I would much prefer stamping them out. However... I am not about to make a stamping or die set, because that is beyond my "Tools" in the shop.
Does it really matter... if I or anyone else were to replicate a plate... by either the means of stamping or repousse... or a combination of both, no matter how the Roman's achieved their finished plates? I mean... in the long run, it is the finished plate that we are trying to achieve... not the means in which we have set out to make them.
I am highly skilled in wood carving as a Master Wood carver... I can use most any hand carving tool, chisels, gouges, or knives as well as rotary tools. But the Roman's didn't have high precision rotary tools. If I were to make a scabbard and use a rotary rasp to cut the "V" groove on the inside of the Scabbard or use an Off-Set or Crank-Set Flat chisel... would it really matter? (Actually I have done both.) I prefer to use the chisels because I can more easily maintain a beautifully flat non-wavy surface. But either way... Isn't it the end result that counts?
I would actually lie to make a die set to stamp out the Cross bands for the Scabbards... I simply do not want to invest in the tools that it would take to make the die-set. I believe that a die-set or a rolling mill would be the best... cleanest and more precise way to go but may have to just hammer them out in pitch or plasticine.
OR... I would possibly be willing to "BARTER" with someone who has this ability. :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
I think that constructive conversation is good.
Here are my thoughts. I know that most people share the thought or idea of staying as historically accurate as possible when creating items such as we have been discussing here.
I came out of the USA Automotive industry as a Journeymen Model Maker and Plastics Specialist. Quite honestly... METAL work has NEVER BEEN my desire until now. I have a natural God-given talent that has always led me as what I might cll a "Visionary". That is... if I can "See it" in my mind's eye... I can achieve it... no matter what it is and usually with lesser means or cheaper tools, because I am not rich.
To me... If I were doing any Scabbard Plates or Belt Plates... I would much prefer stamping them out. However... I am not about to make a stamping or die set, because that is beyond my "Tools" in the shop.
Does it really matter... if I or anyone else were to replicate a plate... by either the means of stamping or repousse... or a combination of both, no matter how the Roman's achieved their finished plates? I mean... in the long run, it is the finished plate that we are trying to achieve... not the means in which we have set out to make them.
I am highly skilled in wood carving as a Master Wood carver... I can use most any hand carving tool, chisels, gouges, or knives as well as rotary tools. But the Roman's didn't have high precision rotary tools. If I were to make a scabbard and use a rotary rasp to cut the "V" groove on the inside of the Scabbard or use an Off-Set or Crank-Set Flat chisel... would it really matter? (Actually I have done both.) I prefer to use the chisels because I can more easily maintain a beautifully flat non-wavy surface. But either way... Isn't it the end result that counts?
I would actually lie to make a die set to stamp out the Cross bands for the Scabbards... I simply do not want to invest in the tools that it would take to make the die-set. I believe that a die-set or a rolling mill would be the best... cleanest and more precise way to go but may have to just hammer them out in pitch or plasticine.
OR... I would possibly be willing to "BARTER" with someone who has this ability. :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
