Rome is a British-American-Italian historical drama television series set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. Titus Pullo (played by Ray Stevenson) is a Roman soldier with the morals of a pirate, the appetites of a hedonist, and a total lack of personal responsibility, who discovers hidden ideals and integrity within himself.
I love the TV series “Rome” and decided to make a copy of Titus Pullo’s knife. It looks like a pugio but considering how crude it is, I suspect Pullo lifted it off a dead Gaul.
I used layers of 1/4″ MDF. Two layers for the blade and two for the grip thickness.
I rounded the grips with the Dremel and glued them on each side of the blade.
After gluing the blade halves together, I shaped the blade edges on the belt sander.
I coated the MDF with shellac and puttied up holes and gaps.
I painted the wood grip with a base coat of black with brown highlights. The blade was sprayed with a Krylon Chrome.
I wound the handle with a 1/4″ strip of leather, trying to capture the spirit of the original.
The final knife! The wide blade looks like it would cause some real damage!