10-26-2017, 09:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2017, 10:49 AM by Crispianus.)
I think theres no real way to determine how heavy or how well made a "wicker" scutum is without finding one, as you could use a variety of different woods to make it, ordinary willow wicker commonly used for course baskets would probably weigh 3-4 kilos dry if made in a basket fashion, but theres no guarantee thats what was used, a denser material would be proportionally heavier....
Willow, green 54lbs per cubic foot, air dried 27lbs per cubic foot
Ash White, green 48lbs per cubic foot, air dried 41lbs per cubic foot.
Theophrastus "Enquiry into Plants" is older but an interesting book:
https://archive.org/stream/enquiryintopl...rch/basket
Coppiced Hazel would produce rods that could be used, its also common, very tough, flexible and hardwearing.
I use a piece as a walking stick! thicker rods can be split to create a hurdle like shield...
Willow, green 54lbs per cubic foot, air dried 27lbs per cubic foot
Ash White, green 48lbs per cubic foot, air dried 41lbs per cubic foot.
Theophrastus "Enquiry into Plants" is older but an interesting book:
https://archive.org/stream/enquiryintopl...rch/basket
Coppiced Hazel would produce rods that could be used, its also common, very tough, flexible and hardwearing.
I use a piece as a walking stick! thicker rods can be split to create a hurdle like shield...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
