Pompeii Gladius Naming Competition !

[Cubster]

Nice ... weird, but nice.

[paulsmodellingworkshop]

Lovely BD - we want's one, oh yes we do, don't we my precciioouusssss, love it!

Found another bloke in my missus bed this morning - reckon I could use that! no only joking........I allready have enough weapons to start a war!

Now you're all wondering.....

When I have calmed down BD I will PM you for the maker. I reckon some retail therapy is in order. I shall see you all at the bar - the drinks are on me.

[mikeland]

Lovely sword Biggus Dickus.... Erm that just sounds wrong

Try again

Nice weapon Biggus Dickus... Still sounds wrong. ... But you get the idea!

[BigMike]

Hmmm. thinking!

thanks for sharing!

[Biggus Dickus]

Thanks guys, glad you all like it......The Pommel and Guard are off at the wood carvers now...when they get back there will be some more photo's....Can't wait for that bit to be complete, it's going to be good!
So look out for more updates.

[Targa]

Did you engrave it yet? Ask your wife about the name. It is awfully close to the tool used by the OB/GYN to examine lady parts---Speculum. Although, I can see a sort of a gory, perverse and wild interpretation on it having such a name.

[Biggus Dickus]

[quote="Targa"]Did you engrave it yet? Ask your wife about the name. It is awfully close to the tool used by the OB/GYN to examine lady parts---Speculum.


I can see what you mean...But I would imagine that Speculum takes it's name from the Roman pointy spear...Spiculum for obvious reasons......One can only imagine that is what counts as medical school humour
it is close...but one letter out is fine by me unless engraver makes an error!

Our motivation was to Honour Bilbo Baggins' sword in Latin as best we could....because that's a really appealing idea...to me at least...and obviously Big Al !!!, as I love both Rome and Lord of the Rings!

[Big Al]

Did you engrave it yet? Ask your wife about the name. It is awfully close to the tool used by the OB/GYN to examine lady parts---Speculum. Although, I can see a sort of a gory, perverse and wild interpretation on it having such a name.

From what little I know of BD (I've never met him and only know him through this forum) and his interests, I suspect that his good lady would have no problem with the name and would be almost as up on Roman weaponry and Latin names as he is. I do believe that she follows him on his Roman re-enactment interests, from what I gather on other posts. So I don't believe that she would have let him go with the name had she any qualms about it!

If you look back on this thread, there was quite a big discussion about the name and as BD has said, it was chosen because of the Hobbit connection and Bilbo's sword "Sting". We just translated the name into Latin. You are the first person to have thought about a loosely associated name, which it isn't. Speculum means Mirror in Latin. In English it means a tool for "dilating the opening of a body cavity". A third meaning, apparently, is a bright patch of colour on the wings of certain birds like ducks. Completely different to Spiculum! Now, if the engraver was to slip and spell it incorrectly........

[Cubster]

Are you going to have a pilum made and call it 'suppository'?

[Biggus Dickus]

Well done Big Al.....for that..I was miles out as usual!!!!
Have you hacked my phone? .....strange because i don't have one!!!
But as for me,that's about the sum total of it...you've got my number hahahaha....Mrs B.D. is very interested in Romans....just as well I'd be out on my ear otherwise!

@Cubster all things are possible, but I prefer the latin for "Careful Now, or you'll have someones eye out with that"