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a small outtake to help the debate..

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Great for carrying, but in battle I would absolutely *have* to flip my hand over. :) maybe its just me, my my hand hurts just THINKING about that grip. Besides, the thumb is the weakest point of anyone's grip.

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Great for carrying, but in battle I would absolutely *have* to flip my hand over. :) maybe its just me, my my hand hurts just THINKING about that grip. Besides, the thumb is the weakest point of anyone's grip.

As I said in the thread, you would have been obliged to practise with a much heavier shield in training , your a tough customer from upcountry ..perhaps you would have been inurred to the privation!

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Looking at the position of the gladius here, it would seem rather difficult to make the draw as in the earlier picture.

 

Indeed it does , but, the segmental armour is so flexible that , even though it looks like the Gladius pommel is in the armpit....badda bing , your stabbed, you got blood all over your nice ivy league tunica .

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