05-06-2008, 07:28 PM
I watched the Youtube videos of that Spanish reenactment group. The fellow with the great archaic panoply, who also holds a spear with his left hand, has his antilabe way too loose. You can see this from the way his hand bends until his arm is almost palm up while trying to hold the shield.
The porpax, especially with a leather inner cuff, is not dissimilar to the type of cup attachment we use to fit prosthetic limbs to patients who have lost arms and legs. The key is a snug fit to the fattest part of the forearm. With a tight antilabe, holding the arm in snug, the shield will essentially become an extension of the arm. This will greatly reduce the pivoting up and down around the porpax. I am continually fascinated by what an advanced structure the aspis is.
Perhaps there is some practical reason that speaks against this, let me know.
The porpax, especially with a leather inner cuff, is not dissimilar to the type of cup attachment we use to fit prosthetic limbs to patients who have lost arms and legs. The key is a snug fit to the fattest part of the forearm. With a tight antilabe, holding the arm in snug, the shield will essentially become an extension of the arm. This will greatly reduce the pivoting up and down around the porpax. I am continually fascinated by what an advanced structure the aspis is.
Perhaps there is some practical reason that speaks against this, let me know.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
