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Roman saw and other equipment
ANDY aka "Roman Dude" Svaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re
There is mention from sources that Legionares were required to carry a number of items on thier Furca/Marchin'Pole, including a Dolabra, Shovel, Saw, Hatchet/Axe, Sickle. Other items include a "Turf Cutter", Ligo (some sort of entrenching tool?), a Mattock, and other items of terra-destruction.
I am looking to start collecting items for my own marchin pack for display...I have a Dolabra (Albion's), thinking of maybe a shovel (using Matt Amt's suggestions on his site), But I'm also looking for something a little unique...I don't see any other Reenactors with a Roman type Saw (if you do, please share?)
I'd like to know - Do we have evidence of what a Roman era [hand]Saw would be made of and what it looks like? Does anyone supply this sort of thing? Or at least something remotely close (that would need a little tweaking?).
Any suggestions for other Roman tools I could look to get?
Anonymous
A good reference for the roman marching kit is the article by N. Fuentes, "The Mule of a soldier", in JRMES Vol. 2 (1991). They give a list of entrenching tools and a carpenter's saw, the Serra, is mentioned, but no information is given on what it looked like. Another interesting tool is the rutrum, a square bladed shovel that looks almost modern. You likely could find a reasonble looking copy at your local Ace hardware store.
To see how palisade stakes were employed see the article by Catherine M. Gilliver, "Hedgehogs, calitrops and palisade stakes", in JRMES Vol. 4 (1993). A full scale display as is illustrated in this article would be very impressive.
Gashford
You could try the link below from the LEG II AVG website. The third image along is a collection of some of the tools they have.
www.legiiavg.org.uk/milit...index.html
rusty myers
Panther Primitives has a wood saw very similar to those pictured on the site above, we use one and it fits in great, eve uses catgut to tighten the blade. They have some small knives and such too that look Roman. Our blacksmith makes hammers, but they are expensive as they are totally authentic. Also White Hawk Armoury had a turf cutter they were making by hand... just a few ideas for you!
Anonymous
Len Morgan makes some nice small bits: knifes, saws etc.
See: fabrica.
venicone
Andy - there are two pages of tools at
http://www.exploratio.org/image_database/exploratio.htm
Magnus/Matt
Don't forget the sponge on a stick!
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