Gladius
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The gladius was a two-edged sword for cutting and had a tapered point for stabbing during thrusting. A solid grip was provided by a knobbed hilt added on, possibly with ridges for the fingers. Blade strength was achieved by welding together strips, in which case the sword had a channel down the center, or by fashioning a single piece of high-carbon steel, rhomboidal in cross-section. The owner's name was often engraved or punched on the blade.[1]
Variations
| Item | Source is | Rare item | Is incomplete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badly gouged steel gladius with a reticulated mistwood grip | Drathrok's Duskruin 422/Incidental loot, Drathrok's Duskruin 421/Incidental loot | ||
| Blackened steel gladius capped with a marble sphere | Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 425/End loot, Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 421/End loot | ||
| Copper-hilted steel gladius polished to a mirror-like shine | Shiny's Shinies (1) | true | |
| Damascened steel gladius with a jeweled crossguard | Slay it with Music (2) | true | |
| Damascened-steel gladius engraved with wolverines along the blade | Hollow Eve Festival 410/Raffles | ||
| Double-edged kertig gladius with a bloodmist garnet inlaid crossguard | Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot | ||
| Elothean avenger's gladius with a black silk-wrapped hilt | Ilithian Heritage | ||
| Gladius | Anthyl's Wagon (1) | ||
| Gladius (crafted) | false | ||
| Gladius with an ornate damite hilt shaped into a crow with wings spread wide | Beyond the Barrier: The Devastation of Lyras/Incidental Loot | ||
| ... further results | |||
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