Roman superglue

[Maty]

Those who have not seen this might find it interesting ... apparently the Romans used a kind of glue to attach decorations to their helmets.

 

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/12/14/r...w19-502-ak-0000

 

So those bits I glued on Roman helmets back when I made models were more historically accurate than I thought!

[Gaius Paulinus Maximus]

Those who have not seen this might find it interesting ... apparently the Romans used a kind of glue to attach decorations to their helmets.

 

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/12/14/r...w19-502-ak-0000

 

So those bits I glued on Roman helmets back when I made models were more historically accurate than I thought!

 

I think that it's quite amusing that even today with all the knowledge and technology available, the German researchers are still unable to re create the Roman superglue.

[longshotgene]

It sounds like the Romans should have met the native Americans. They used a combination of charcoal and pine sap. Pine sap becomes very brittle is left alone. If mixed with a little charcoal, the sap becomes pitch. Pitch has a great flexibility and is virtually waterproof. Especially is mixed and lubricated with animal fat. The native Americans used this stuff on everything that needed to be held together.

[Primus Pilus]

I wonder if there is any evidence of this substance being used outside of attaching fixtures to helmets. It would seem almost impossible to think that it wasn't applied to many practical possibilities. Considering the trouble that modern scientists are having in recreating it, perhaps only the legions had the means and the method to make it's manufacture feasible.