05-14-2007, 08:17 PM
The only good test on bronze armor (shields, actually) that I know of is one by Barry Molloy a couple years ago.
http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread ... adid=21752
I've heard a lot of stories about square holes in Classical Greek cuirasses and helmets, supposedly caused by spear buttspikes, but I wonder if many of those might be simply nail holes resulting from the use of those pieces as trophies, or from being hung up on temple walls and such. Not that the buttspike isn't an impressive weapon!
Khairete,
Matthew
http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread ... adid=21752
I've heard a lot of stories about square holes in Classical Greek cuirasses and helmets, supposedly caused by spear buttspikes, but I wonder if many of those might be simply nail holes resulting from the use of those pieces as trophies, or from being hung up on temple walls and such. Not that the buttspike isn't an impressive weapon!
Khairete,
Matthew
Matthew Amt (Quintus)
Legio XX, USA
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Legio XX, USA
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