constructing and mounting a porpax

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Kineas,there are actually one or two such rims,I didn't make the theory on my own. The triangles were much thinner. Only the front fold was triangles though,the back was a plain ring(wich means you will have at least one joint,but it will be visible only from the inside). To visualize it using Kevin's shield,the white triangles would be bronze folded from the inside to the outside of the rim. The black triangles would be the visible part of the bronze sheet underneath. This sheet would not be triangles. It would be secured by the triangles that covered it.
Triangles bent in the inside was the method later macedonian bronze facings covered the pelte.
Khaire
Giannis