Wicker shield reconstruction

[Lucius Duccius Rufinus]

Could you make two and weave them together?

As said before I don't know how you would "weave them together". What could be done is using thicker or more straps at the same time, to improve the amount of willow per inch of shield.

Would it not be possible to do as magnus says.. weave two, then around the edges bind the two together? wouldnt nessecarily be "Weaved" together, but certainly i'd imagine there would be nothing stopping you using willow or some kind of string to bind the two all the way around the edges, what strength this would add to the design i dont know?

I've not tried this project yet, but it looks to be pretty facinating!, we're quite lucky, where our Camp is, there is a guy who supplies Willow locally, so just 2 minutes down the road... and cheap too, i gave him the measurements of what i'm hoping to make and he said oh that'd be about £5 bundle! (might ask for double that, it does sound a bit dubious!).