Late Roman Shield Personalization
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Late Roman Shield Personalization
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11-11-2006, 08:35 PM
A trans-Atlantic partnership. I like it!
First step is to find a good supply of 4mm wood strips!
Franklin Slaton
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Your mother wears caligae! 
11-11-2006, 08:39 PM
Quote:First step is to find a good supply of 4mm wood strips!That's my first point. If each of the 3 layers is to be 4 mm, the thickness goes well beyond what I consider the max of 9 mm..
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12) 
11-11-2006, 08:45 PM
Anyway, you'll be constructing them in a different way from which the original shields were...
Aitor
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.
Rolf Steiner
11-11-2006, 08:47 PM
So 3mm? Or even thinner to account for glue, linen, etc?
What about your shield, though? If it was made by the same guy who wrote that tutorial, can't we assume he used 4-5mm on it as well? Does it feel particularly heavy or cumbersome?
Franklin Slaton
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Your mother wears caligae!
11-11-2006, 08:49 PM
Quote:Anyway, you'll be constructing them in a different way from which the original shields were...Which ones? The Dura Europos scuta were planked, not from plywood?
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
11-11-2006, 08:49 PM
Quote:Anyway, you'll be constructing them in a different way from which the original shields were... Well, don't leave us in suspense. What are your thoughts?
Franklin Slaton
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Your mother wears caligae!
11-12-2006, 10:59 AM
This is a drawing by Dan Shadrake, is it wrong?
![[Image: 42_76_Mono_1.jpg]](http://www.durolitum.co.uk/forum/userpix/42_76_Mono_1.jpg)
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
11-12-2006, 11:45 AM
Oh, sorry, Robert and Franklin, I went to bed... :oops:
I was only meaning the oval scuta. Of course, the rectangualr scuta remains from Dura were ply-wood. sorry if I've unawarely mixed things... Aitor
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.
Rolf Steiner
11-12-2006, 12:00 PM
So how to make nice oval/round scuta? How does one make a planked scutum?
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
11-12-2006, 12:12 PM
'So how to make nice oval/round scuta? How does one make a planked scutum?'
That's the million dollar question, Robert... I'd like to have an answer for it!  Aitor
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.
Rolf Steiner 
11-12-2006, 12:23 PM
Hmmm. I know someone who knows.
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction. Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
11-12-2006, 12:36 PM
Yes, I do too, but he's expensive and, understandably, reluctant to share his knowledge... :wink:
Aitor
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.
Rolf Steiner
11-12-2006, 05:15 PM
Quote:So how to make nice oval/round scuta? How does one make a planked scutum? I feel like an idiot for not understanding, especially when everyone else does. But, do you mean how to make a dished oval scutum out of planks, like in the drawing you showed earlier?
Eric
Brush-Popper extraordinaire
11-12-2006, 05:37 PM
Eric,
Don't worry about asking, what is really bad is not feeling that need... 8) Planked is, for instance, this round (and formerly dished) shiedl from Illerup: [url:7encfgwe]http://www.illerup.dk/images/fotoserier/0106.jpg[/url] Aitor
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.
Rolf Steiner
11-12-2006, 06:22 PM
Quote:Yes, I do too, but he's expensive and, understandably, reluctant to share his knowledge... :wink: Aitor, why so vague with information? Very frustrating. Okay, so, common wisdom is that ovals/rounds after IIIrd cent were planked and dished?
Franklin Slaton
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