constructing and mounting a porpax

[PMBardunias]

My pelte reconstructions--leather faced, double gripped, with bronze reinforcement and etc--weigh about 2 pounds.

I've been wondering about the grip of a pelta recently. Sometimes on vases we see a single grip, sometimes a double- sometimes a truly elaborate triple grips with criss-crossing braces over the arm. I'm not convinced these are all accurate depictions. One answer may be that the grip consisted of two ropes, close enough together to be gripped in one hand, but also capable of being slipped over the forearm, or one over the forearm and the other gripped in the hand. For example see the image below.