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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2010 5:04:44 GMT
That is a beautiful blade, nice pictures and review also, +1 from me sir.
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Post by YlliwCir on May 14, 2010 18:59:15 GMT
A very good review, Sicheah. I like the look of this gladius. It appears to be marketed to the reenactor, tho if I had one I'd probably sharpen it and try some cutting (I'd have to have a look at the tang first of course). Armamentaria certainly has my attention. Karma for your efforts.
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Post by sicheah on May 14, 2010 19:12:42 GMT
Celbii: Thanks for the karma, yeah it is one beautiful blade Ricwilly: If I recall correctly, I did ask Adrian a month ago if the sword has a full tang and I did not get an answer from him as it was sold out. But he did specify the sword should be made with a full tang (there was a sketch of the design at RAT forum too). Upon further inspection on the blade, I realize that the hilt construction is most likely threaded and glued because I did manage to detect small residual of epoxy on the grip (did not see a peen anyway). If it is threaded and glued, it would be difficult to disassemble it.
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Post by YlliwCir on May 14, 2010 19:32:13 GMT
I think you're probably right about the hilt assembly, Sicheah. Every gladius I have that I can disassemble have that screw on pommel assembly. The tangs themselves are in various thicknesses tho none have tang welds and the threads are cut directly in the tangs. As such I find them sufficient to cut with (even the Deepeekas) whatever the heat treat might be. I know others will disagree.
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Post by sicheah on May 14, 2010 19:52:47 GMT
Thanks for the information Ric, have a karma in return.
If I am not mistaken, the most recent Deepeeka Roman products has gotten rid of their welded tang, unless one of the lemon passes through their QC of course.
I agree with your statement that Deepeeka swords are sufficient to cut and thrust with regardless their heat-treat on their blade. Others will disagree with the statement. In fact the quality of gladius back in the old days was made of mild steel and wars were fought and won with "inferior steel" by today standards. A typical gladius by KC or Albion are probably 95 percent better than gladius at that time (supergladius?). Though not surprising, it was interesting to note that some of the members at RAT forum were concerned that well made production gladius today are "over-engineered" to perform more than expected compared to gladius made two thousand years ago.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2010 13:26:23 GMT
very nice gladius the polish made me a little nervous but all in all very nice it looks like a fulham style gladius if im not mistaken more than a mainz but i could be wrong good luck with it cant wait to see it cut and i agree with rick too ancient blades were mainly soft iron or bronze you could kill with them but would be far weaker than todays steels even the lousy ones also if anyone is looking for a greek style or roman style sword thats pattern welded check out this ebay seller ats blades i just got a spartan sword from him and from intial inspection its very well made
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2010 23:38:23 GMT
Impressive review, very detailed. Love those Roman blades. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 0:37:42 GMT
now that looks like a roman gladius much better with the polish toned down as for ats blades go on the ebay search and type in greek sword and scroll down they make a very nice pattern welded 300 spartan sword and a very unique celtic sword that i have my eye on
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 0:38:50 GMT
id love to see that sword of yours perform how does it handle
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Post by sicheah on May 16, 2010 3:47:53 GMT
Since the sword has PoB about 5in from guard and weight around 2lb or less...it would be slightly heavier than an Albion but handling is decent (in fact lighter than some historically accurate Mainz). Despite the historically accurate hexagonal bone grip, it is kinda small but alright for me since I have a small hand. This sword is built to thrust and since the point is rather sharp from the box, I went ahead to do some thrusting. Easily thrust through the shipping box that comes with it. I tried thrusting on a pile of newspaper and it did went through about 2cm (less than an inch) of paper. Yes despite its unsharpened edge, you could actually use this to kill an unarmored person. Reenactors might want to consider dulling the tip. Would not comment on cutting since I've yet to get even one side of the blade sharp for cutting My only complaint with this sword is that the blade is unusually stiff, but the steel is not that hard. With some filling, I've come to realize it has similar hardness with an Albion, but Albion is much more flexible (what gives?). Well the stiffness could really help with the thrusting I guess. This is as much information I could gather from the sword... Perhaps if someone is willing to sharpen this sword, I might let him/her test cut this baby lol.
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