12-29-2011, 05:47 PM
1. I have deep respect for Craig and his work.
2. I did not said anything ill about the manufacturers.
(We used an Australian, an Indian and a Greek reconmstructin)
3. I said that the accepted reconstruction method in the market
(that seemed to OK to us before the Biskupin experience)didn't make it.
Yes a well made shiled will resist destruction better than a poorlu made one.
The currently made hoplion shields will be fine for hoplite race or othismos demonstration but if you re-enact early Archaic dueling hoplites with heavy blows
the "rings stracture" will not hold its own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/...775954044/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/...775954044/
The "horsetail emblem" is Greek-made one from oak.
The photos are given just as an example of what our shields went through
Kind regards
2. I did not said anything ill about the manufacturers.
(We used an Australian, an Indian and a Greek reconmstructin)
3. I said that the accepted reconstruction method in the market
(that seemed to OK to us before the Biskupin experience)didn't make it.
Yes a well made shiled will resist destruction better than a poorlu made one.
The currently made hoplion shields will be fine for hoplite race or othismos demonstration but if you re-enact early Archaic dueling hoplites with heavy blows
the "rings stracture" will not hold its own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/...775954044/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/...775954044/
The "horsetail emblem" is Greek-made one from oak.
The photos are given just as an example of what our shields went through
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com