Made 24 shield bosses on the weekend.

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 3:59 pm

Along with a bunch of gorgets.

And boy is my arm sore.

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Lynxicanus · Post by **Lynxicanus** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 7:30 pm

Now all you need is 24 sheilds, 24 haubeurks, 24 coifs, 24 swords, 24 scabards, 24 leggings, 48 shoes, and 24 guys(or ladys) and you are good to go for bringing a decent group to Hastings 2005.

Or..... you could get 24 little people and tell them they are british WW1 kettle hats!

Seriously, that is a lot of work! Were the bosses raised? What guage?

Mike

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:53 am

They're dished. 13ga mild. 8" overall diameter, 6" dished area diameter, 1" flange and a little over 2" deep.

You can see a pic in the accesories section of my site.

Man do I ever hate planishing. I planished them all by hand.

They were part of a single order from one guy. He also got 10 gorgets which I mostly made on the weekend but finished up last night.

It should be noted though that I do have a 3 day weekend.

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