making an aspis

[Chris B]

Yeah. I am a joke now among my martial arts students. I keep telling them....no really, I am not making any other shields after this one. The problem is, I keep making one with the intent to use it and abuse it, but then love the way it turns out so it ends up being a work of art on my office wall as opposed to a tool to use. Now 22 different shields later (Scutum, Aspis, Boeotian, Viking Round Shield, Kite, Templar, Hospitillar, 5 Family Coats of Arms, 4 Heaters, Scottish Targe, and 5 shields for my kids) and I still do not have one to abuse. My eight year old son told my wife that he thinks I should make a heater and splatter paint it so I won't feel bad about destroying it. These were the last two I intended to "use"......I think I am just going to buy a cheap piece of crap to learn sword and shield.