10-22-2006, 07:06 PM
Aparently, with the rod tangs, the rivets don't pass trough the tang. Probably the pression maked by the organic parts let the piece to stay, and probably some of them were riveted at the upper part of the pommel.
In that sense, CHAPMAN 2005: A catalogue of roman military equipment in the National Museum of Wales, BAR British series 388, 2005.
At pag. 22 says: "The Usk find suggests that the handles on most, if not all, first century military daggers were similar regardless of type of tang".
In that sense, CHAPMAN 2005: A catalogue of roman military equipment in the National Museum of Wales, BAR British series 388, 2005.
At pag. 22 says: "The Usk find suggests that the handles on most, if not all, first century military daggers were similar regardless of type of tang".
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