02-28-2007, 05:49 PM
The men who made Michael's shield were professionals and their opinion does matter.
Perhaps the ancients used techniques that we have abandoned in the course of technical evolution though the ages and they are not preserved any more.
There are fully circular shields in Olympia and National Museum in Athens.
The potter wheel was probably earlier Peter from what we can gather from Bronze Age pottery.
The Manning shield could be accurate compaired to the Chigi Vase.
The shields depicted there had very narrow planks.
One thought is that this aids repair and maintainace.
Another that "riki" (hard wood shrub) growing in Laconia have narrow planks.
Kind regards
Perhaps the ancients used techniques that we have abandoned in the course of technical evolution though the ages and they are not preserved any more.
There are fully circular shields in Olympia and National Museum in Athens.
The potter wheel was probably earlier Peter from what we can gather from Bronze Age pottery.
The Manning shield could be accurate compaired to the Chigi Vase.
The shields depicted there had very narrow planks.
One thought is that this aids repair and maintainace.
Another that "riki" (hard wood shrub) growing in Laconia have narrow planks.
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
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Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
