Windlass Roman Maintz Pattern Gladius

I was on eBay this morning and found a Windlass Pompeii Gladius.

On this gladius I will be basically doing the same modifications except I will also replace the wooden guard for a round rather than flat style it comes with.

Finished the Mainz pattern gladius today. The last things to be done were, apply a danish oil finish, polish the guard plate, file round grooves into the pommel nut and polish, and assemble the hilt using epoxy.

Here are the final pics:

Sword




Hilt




Guard plate


Pommel nut

Thanks joeydac.

Now I get to have fun doing it all over again on the Windlass Pompeii Gladius. Except on the Pompeii gladius I'm going to make the entire hilt from scratch.

Nice work.

Thanks guys.

RicWilly give it a try. It's fun and not to difficult to do.

I used a round burr on a dremel tool at first. I cut a well in the center (staying far away from the edge), then used a cylindrical stone to gradually open up the well till I had the cutout I needed. The reason I started with a well in the center is the burr has a tendency to kick out of the area you are cutting. Making a deep well in the center provides a "wall" to help block it from hitting the very edge and screwing it up. The cylindrical stone (hold it vertically) is much less likely to kick back.The burr is what removes most of the material. The stone has flat sides and flat bottom and allows you to level the bottom of the cutout and square the edges nicely.