Posts: 506 Location: South Bend, IN
Sun 20 Jun, 2004 1:42 pm
Finished a few shield projects
I wanted to post some pictures of recent
shield projects that I have been finishing up. The first if a La Tene shield that has been in the works for an insane amount of time. The original shield blade was out of two ply construction that I put together, however after trying to attach rawhide faces it didn't make it. *G* Not only did the rawhide warp it horribly, it broke joints and cracked boards. The second more recent attempt was with a simple plank construction. Once again the rawhide face warped the shield, so it was removed and a leather face and rawhide rim was added. I haven't given up on the rawhide face, although the next time it is going on an early anglo saxon shield where I want it to make it convex. All that is remaining on the la tene is to add a strap boss and handle support which I'll make in the next couple days.
Next is the start of an iberian long shield. This still have a good bit of work remaining, but it is on hold until I figure out how I'm going to do the center grip and boss/umbo. Might add a metal bands on the top and bottom for rims as well. A falcata to go along with this on is most of the way designed and I hope to have it finished sometime before the end of the year. *G*
Then are the targes that my wife and I have been working on the last couple weeks. The small one is a re-vamped on that I did a couple years ago, it recieved a new boss and the brass sheet. My wife did most of the work on the other two, I cut out the board and made the boss and metal fittings. We have been working on these to sell at a local Scottish games coming up in July.
Shane
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