11-09-2009, 02:28 PM
Dismounting the porpax, hmmmm. Well, that would make all of us who rivet them on to be, errr, wrong. Interesting. I think it would be possible to make the "nail" that come through to the backside pierced at the right place, and a pin, (like a clevis or carter pin) used to hold it in place. I'm not suggesting that's how they did it, but that it could be done that way.
Using any kind of fastening system like that would certainly make the shield easier to carry from here to there if slung on the back, but it would also mean there would be as much as a few minutes' delay in making the shield battle ready when the time came, wouldn't it?
Using any kind of fastening system like that would certainly make the shield easier to carry from here to there if slung on the back, but it would also mean there would be as much as a few minutes' delay in making the shield battle ready when the time came, wouldn't it?
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
