[Eric Fick]

I saw the "show us your shields" thread and was wondering if anyone could suggest a place to purchase a 14th cent heater or pavise shield made of linden would and as historically accurate as possible. thanks

[Kel Rekuta]

What is your budget for this? People make plywood shields rimmed with dog chew toy rawhide and find it expensive and a lot of work. A couple years back Thomas Hayman tried to sell a very well crafted pavise, appropriately constructed for the 15thC for something like 175 pounds and had trouble finding a buyer. That might have paid him a pound an hour after material cost.

The woodwork is simple but appropriate glue has to be used as well as numerous layers of gesso over canvas for a pavise and rawhide for heater. Material cost and labour make reproductions of period shields prohibitive.