making an aspis

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

I don't have a clue about steamed aspides...It was my first thought when I started wanting to make one myself,as it sounds easier.And also,as a musician,I thought of musical instruments constructed in a similar way. Unfortunately,they seem to have chosen the most difficult way for everything.For example,one piece helmets,greaves staying in place by the elasticity of the bronze,cuirasses following the anatomy of the body etc.Once again,the aspis was carved in shape,and it had different thickness in every place.
Also,how easy is it to steam a plank between 1-2 cm thick?
Today we try to recreate things that had been perfected through centuries.Its construction was fabricated,they had special lathes and factories.And they covered them with a beaten bronze facehock:
Khaire
Giannis