Building a boat-hull Boeotian

[Matthew Amt]

Matt, you do this way more than I, but I wouldn't use glue on wet rawhide. The glue dries at unstable speeds and the rawhide tightens at unstable speeds, and the combination is uncontrollable. Or so says my dad.... he build musical instruments, and he told me NOT to put a glue layer under the hide. So I didn't.

Actually, the total number of shields I have faced with rawhide is now TWO! On potato chip and one scutum that just might work. So not all that much experience! But what you say about the glue makes a lot of sense. It's probably not even a good idea to form the wet rawhide to the shield, let it dry, remove it and glue it back on, since moisture in the glue will get into the rawhide and keep causing trouble. That could be why I've got a potato chip! Live and learn. (Of course, if your shield fails in battle you may not do the "live" part, so...)

Khaire,

Matthew