10-28-2008, 10:05 PM
Kineas wrote:
.....I have a thought on this. What about making a thin padded shield cover ( say, from foam or similar padding 'stuff' a couple of millimetres thick), with elastic round the rim....a bit like an SUV spare wheel cover. This would slip on and off easily, and the thin padding would serve two purposes - save wear and tear, and assist safety from 'rim' injuries ( which seem common)
Quote:Well--many times we bashed our shields together--in fact, wear and tear ont he very expensive and labour intensive aspis is getting to be a discussion point around here!
.....I have a thought on this. What about making a thin padded shield cover ( say, from foam or similar padding 'stuff' a couple of millimetres thick), with elastic round the rim....a bit like an SUV spare wheel cover. This would slip on and off easily, and the thin padding would serve two purposes - save wear and tear, and assist safety from 'rim' injuries ( which seem common)
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
