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

ItemSource isRare itemIs incomplete
Badly gouged steel gladius with a reticulated mistwood gripDrathrok's Duskruin 422/Incidental lootDrathrok's Duskruin 421/Incidental loot
Blackened steel gladius capped with a marble sphereSleeping Dragon Corn Maze 425/End lootSleeping Dragon Corn Maze 421/End loot
Copper-hilted steel gladius polished to a mirror-like shineShiny's Shinies (1)true
Damascened steel gladius with a jeweled crossguardSlay it with Music (2)true
Damascened-steel gladius engraved with wolverines along the bladeHollow Eve Festival 410/Raffles
Double-edged kertig gladius with a bloodmist garnet inlaid crossguardSleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot
Elothean avenger's gladius with a black silk-wrapped hiltIlithian Heritage
GladiusAnthyl's Wagon (1)
Gladius (crafted)false
Gladius with an ornate damite hilt shaped into a crow with wings spread wideBeyond the Barrier: The Devastation of Lyras/Incidental Loot
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