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Roman Spatha with real bone hiltRelated content
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Very nice blade, these are much harder to find than gladii on the market.
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The Romans knew how to make steel weapons with durable wooden handles, and that's not a small accomplishment. Especially when plastic handles on cheap steak knives fall off within a week.
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The key there would be the words "cheap" and "plastic".
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What's the difference between a spatha and a gladius? Also, do you make pugios or scuti (or any other Roman weaponry, for that matter) to go along with your gladii/spathae?
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Spatha is a longer sword (3 ft or so) than the gladius (2 ft or so)
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The spatha came after the gladius and replaced them. The spatha was a longer weapon that worked much better for cavalrymen. Haven't really made much of other Roman weaponry, although I could always give it a shot if a commission called for it.
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