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Martin Wallgren
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 Posted: Tue 06 Mar, 2007 11:31 am Post subject: My new Pugio! |
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I just recived my new Pugio and my new gladius and wanted to celebrate this with a photo of te pugio!
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The Pugio
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Ville Vinje
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| Posted: Tue 06 Mar, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice Martin.
Congratulations!
Where did you get it?
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Steve Grisetti
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| Posted: Tue 06 Mar, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Ville Vinje wrote: | Very nice Martin.
Congratulations!
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I agree with the compliments and also the question. Please tell us more about your pugio.
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Martin Wallgren
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| Posted: Tue 06 Mar, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Thanx Both of you!
I bought it from a company in Germany called Battle Merchant! Here is a link to their site! http://www.battlemerchant.com/
To find the Pugio you klick on Greischen unt Römishen in the left menu and then it is listed as
0209117522 SAY/SDK/1175 Pugio Titelbergstil
It cost me under 120 evro (around $160) togehter with a gladius and this includes shipping. Not bad at al!
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George Hill
Location: Atlanta Ga Joined: 16 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue 06 Mar, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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All Pugios I've seen have that distinctive bulge in the middle of the handle. How does it feel in the hand, with extra attention paid to the bulge?
To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes. - --Tacitus on Germania
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Martin Wallgren
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| Posted: Tue 06 Mar, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| George Hill wrote: | | All Pugios I've seen have that distinctive bulge in the middle of the handle. How does it feel in the hand, with extra attention paid to the bulge? |
It actually feel fine! The bulge fits perfectly into the pit you have in the middle of the palm. Look at your palm in your half closed hand and you will see how it fits!
I will do some corrections to it though! There is a thread on the corrections that should be on RAT
( http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=14663 )!
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Michal Plezia
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Do you have any info about weapons from battlemerchant.com?(unfortunately I don't speak german) Are their swords sharp?Or are they for training?Are they durable enough?
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The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Martin Wallgren
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| Posted: Wed 07 Mar, 2007 2:30 am Post subject: |
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| Michal Plezia wrote: | | Do you have any info about weapons from battlemerchant.com?(unfortunately I don't speak german) Are their swords sharp?Or are they for training?Are they durable enough? |
They have blunts for reenactment fighting and semisharps for hiphanging;). They have no roman swords that can be used in training! The blunt´s they sell is medieval and Viking!
You can always mail them! They speak English and German and SWEDISH  !
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David Wilson
Location: In a van down by the river Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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This same Pugio is available here in the USA from Soul of the Warrior (http://www.rustyspaintballgear.com/)!
One should be arriving at my place any day now....
David K. Wilson, Jr.
Laird of Glencoe
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