strapins shields and such

Armourkris · Post by **Armourkris** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 4:37 pm

I've decided to get back to work on my kit and take a break from some other projects, i want to finish my shield first, what i'm wondring is does anyone have any clue as to what kinds of strapping and stuff was used on a shield along the lines of these??
http://home.nycap.rr.com/clancrowther/warriors.html
(color picture at the top.

i know they are center grip, but i was wondering about straps to shoulder them and such.

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Owen · Post by **Owen** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 5:59 pm

Roman shields, which look similer, had a single strap attached to either side of the grips to hang it from the shoulder during march, usually from one of the bolts/rivets used to mount the boss.

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Norman · Post by **Norman** » Mon Jul 23, 2001 11:02 am

I got a firewall blocking your site.

You wanna put the pic somewhere else?

Armourkris · Post by **Armourkris** » Mon Jul 23, 2001 4:03 pm

it isnt my pic, it's a living history groups site... but i;ll see what i can do and edit the new addy into my mesage
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ok heres the edited part....
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/tybolt/pics/armour/pics.html
there is a copy of hte pic, mine is similar to the blue one.

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What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:

[This message has been edited by Tybolt (edited 07-23-2001).]

Norman · Post by **Norman** » Mon Jul 23, 2001 4:35 pm

If it's the Celtic guys at the top of the page,
far as I know - those shields have no strapping -- just an inline bar handle like the ROman shields.
(I think the ROman shields were modeled on those)
...I don't think I've seen reconstructions with guiges like Owen mentions for the Roman shields though.
...but then, I've not seen guiges on ROman shields either, so what do I know?

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