01-16-2006, 11:38 PM
Spyros, the aspis construction suggested is attractive because it has only eight pieces, each of which could be made from a fairly small piece of timber, and they appear identical, which should make the job easier. I don't like the points meeting in the middle, because it looks like a fundamentally weak structure, almost like a theatrical "star-trap", which is designed to come apart. It could be pegged together, I think the ancients were good at that, and, of course, the reinforcing plate often shown on shields would bind the eight sections, additionally.