Looking for an Aspis

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:07 pm

At pennsic I saw some folks with what looked liked spun aluminum Aspis with the Lakedaemonian Lambda painted on them.

Does anyone know where those shields came from and who to contact to get one?

T. Finkas · Post by **T. Finkas** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:34 pm

http://www.rlqm.com/

http://www.rlqm.com/furcatext.html

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:29 pm

Thanks Tim.

Those dont come cheap do they.

T. Finkas · Post by **T. Finkas** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:00 pm

No they don't. Well, another think you might try is to find an old-fashioned snow skimmer disk. Thue ate like a 36" diam dished aluminum sled. they might be usable as an aspis.

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:42 am

I have seen those used as shields and remember them from my younger years. In neither application do they hold up all that well. They were a rather soft alloy it seems.

I'll see how far I get with making a helmet then get in touch with Sean. I have always fancied the hoplite look. Wishe Brand and Dirk had been doing the classical thing when I started. But that was some ahhh time ago.

white mountain armoury · Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:26 am

I had 2 snow saucers as a kid my brother and i used as shields. eventaully we decided to see how strong they were and went at them with a fire axe, they were very very strong, so i would imagine it depended on the make and alloy