Hi! Today, the restoration of the Roman gladius, the sword. Sure, this is a replica of the XX-XXI century. The condition is average. There is rust. The handle is not the same as it should be in the original. And there are also no pads for the handle. I start to restore. I want to note that the subject is not mine. And all the changes that I will make to this work, they are confirmed by the owner of this item.

The first thing I did was to take the gladius hilt apart. And then put the iron parts and the sword itself in a rust remover. The wooden parts of the sword I sanded the guard and realized that it had a completely different shape. Not the way it should be in the original. I removed the lower pommel and discarded it, because the gladius pommel was spherical. Further, after I cleaned the blade, I sanded it, but at the same time left an interesting pattern of my own on the surface of the blade.

The blade of the blade was uneven. I corrected it and made it smooth. I turned the handle for the gladius on a lathe machine from dry walnut wood. I have adjusted the sword guard to the original version.
The shape that was originally in the original. Next, to plant a new spherical pommel, I added a new piece of shank and lengthened it, cut a new thread. To use the new handle, I had to remove the parts on the sides on the shank and put a new handle on.
I used medium-thick leather for the pads between the handles and the blade. The details of the handle, except for the handle itself, I covered with a primer. To paint them further. Primer, then acrylic paint and primer again. After polishing, the final layers of paint are white.

As for the scabbard. I used dry larch wood, cut out the desired shape, glued it, then processed the scabbard and pasted it with natural brown leather. I made the accessories of the gladius scabbard from millimeter brass, and also used engraving and etching for a small decoration of the scabbard details.
After that, I did the blade test for you, as usual. Please don't forget to share this video. Thanks!

Sincerely, Alex. Thanks for attention!
Good luck and health to everyone! With best wishes, Alex!
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