Qama to Gladius

Joeandmich Member Posts: 137	Qama to Gladius May 16, 2011 21:49:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Joeandmich on May 16, 2011 21:49:19 GMT Has anyone successfully converted a Qama sword to a Gladius?
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Elheru Aran Member Posts: 2,632	Qama to Gladius May 16, 2011 21:53:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Elheru Aran on May 16, 2011 21:53:40 GMT Not that I know of but it shouldn't be difficult. Greg was going to do it, you could ask him what he was thinking of doing.
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Qama to Gladius May 17, 2011 0:28:18 GMT

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Qamas werre fashioned after the Maintz typology Gladius. After watching Roman tactics, the Persians and tribes of the Caucasus began to make their own short swords. In fact, it's likely that a few Gladii abandoned on the battlefield were actually converted into Qamas (The locals favored horn grips). Reversing the process would be most interesting. There isn't a reason in the world you couldn't do it. If you do, take pictures along the way and tell us about it.

demonskull Member Senior Forumite Posts: 4,981	Qama to Gladius May 17, 2011 2:03:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by demonskull on May 17, 2011 2:03:39 GMT There are still some wood guards and pommels on Albion's Moat sale for $10 each. It would make a real quick project.
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Qama to Gladius May 17, 2011 2:12:29 GMT

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Joeandmich wrote
Has anyone successfully converted a Qama sword to a Gladius?

I was thinking of doing this myself. I don't think it would be difficult at all. I thought about using the Qama Windless sells, though the blade is a little shorter than your average Gladius. Just re-shape the tang. Making the hilt parts should be easy as they are mostly made from wood. The guard is basically a flat piece of metal (brass usually) that is roughly oval in shape. You would just have to drill and file a slot for the tang to go through.

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Qama to Gladius May 17, 2011 8:05:58 GMT

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The problem that I ran into was that the blade was stolen by another project. Basically, I had wanted to make a hewing spear for a while, and it just so happened that when I had the scales taken off, the qama looked like the perfect spear blade.

But something I did notice. After you take off the scales, be sure to add a very spherical "guard" and "pommel" back on. The easiest way to make the conversion would be to just replace the current scales with scales that would mimic the properties of a guard and pommel. Just make sure that the guard bulges out enough to stop your hand from sliding up onto the blade.

I've been very temped to buy another qama and restart the quama to gladius project.

Joeandmich Member Posts: 137	Qama to Gladius May 17, 2011 14:29:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Joeandmich on May 17, 2011 14:29:40 GMT So nobody has done it yet?
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Reflingar Member Posts: 586	Qama to Gladius May 17, 2011 14:55:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Reflingar on May 17, 2011 14:55:10 GMT I remembered seeing something about this somewhere and went looking, here it is: www.larp.com/legioxx/gladhnts.html#qama Hope this helps. Cheers, Reflingar
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Joeandmich Member Posts: 137	Qama to Gladius May 17, 2011 16:57:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Joeandmich on May 17, 2011 16:57:51 GMT I saw that one earlier but it doesn't really show anything
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Greg Senior Forumite Posts: 1,800	Qama to Gladius May 17, 2011 19:35:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Greg on May 17, 2011 19:35:17 GMT What is it that you are looking for exactly? Do you have a specific question about an particular step in the conversion?

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