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Rich Gouette
Location: Maine USA Joined: 15 Jan 2017
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 Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2020 11:48 am Post subject: How would leather hold up(SCA style fighting) |
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Howdy all, I'm curious if any folk here have experience with fielding a shield in SCA styled combat(rattan etc), with a leather edge(heavier weight), vs the oft seen rubber/hose edge?
If so, does it hold up over time?
rich
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Harry Marinakis
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Leather edging, like all shield edging in the SCA, has to be replaced every couple of years.
Plastic hose edging is horrible.
The plastic/metal edging from McMaster-Carr that is commonly used looks better than hose and is a LOT easier to replace than leather stuff.
Leather looks better though. 
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Rich Gouette
Location: Maine USA Joined: 15 Jan 2017
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| Harry Marinakis wrote: | Leather edging, like all shield edging in the SCA, has to be replaced every couple of years.
Plastic hose edging is horrible.
The plastic/metal edging from McMaster-Carr that is commonly used looks better than hose and is a LOT easier to replace than leather stuff.
Leather looks better though. |
gotcha, thanks
agreed about hose.. just looks...hosey
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David Clark
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I find rawhide to be more effective at warding off edge damage and to look quite nice.
My rawhide edged shields would hold up for years when I was doing SCA heavy fighting 3 days a week.
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