Ah, a Gladius is one of the variations of single handed short swords that the Roman Army (specifically foot soldiers) used for many hundreds of years. There are many examples of them on the web. They were about 18 - 20" long in the blade and approximately 2" wide with a long narrow point. Some versions were wasp waisted in the blade. The Romans found the gladius to be an excellent CQB weapon with their combat styles and tactics. It was a strong, highly effective thruster as well as a reasonably good slasher in close quarters.
Although most people in the modern world don't fight with swords any longer, I was thinking that the gladius would be a more effective style of sword for folks who entertain even the remotest chance of ever needing one for combat purposes. Longer swords are cool and all but they seem primarily suited to dueling or unhorsing people and that's just not real common these days. In the modern world, CQB is primarily the only time you'd ever be resorting to a sword as a weapon (backup). The gladius is short, highly manuverable, reasonably carryable, etc. That's why the Romans liked it so much. You could probably even use one for clearing brush in the wild or clearing lite building debris in a crisis. I was just wondering how INFI would serve in the role of a gladius style sword and if any examples had ever been made before. Surely I'm not the only person to have ever had this idea....
) . I would love to see an INFI one.
