03-21-2007, 08:05 PM
UN-BELIEVE-ABLE. 
hock:
Very nice! Laudes awarded.
Re: the curve of a shield. When I made my norse shields (both plank and plywood), I found that a 3/8 inch shield will curve naturally once you wet it with hide glue when you glued down the linen facing. I placed my shields over paint cans to dry and when they were dry, they each had a nice bend to them from gravity.
This bend disappeared if you then added a linen facing to the back of the shield and turned it over to dry, though.
However the effect could be retained if you faced the back of the shield first, then the front and then dried at the same time. I'll try and dig up some pics of this.
But again, awesome job Caius!
Cheers!
Britannicus
hock: Very nice! Laudes awarded.
Re: the curve of a shield. When I made my norse shields (both plank and plywood), I found that a 3/8 inch shield will curve naturally once you wet it with hide glue when you glued down the linen facing. I placed my shields over paint cans to dry and when they were dry, they each had a nice bend to them from gravity.
This bend disappeared if you then added a linen facing to the back of the shield and turned it over to dry, though.
However the effect could be retained if you faced the back of the shield first, then the front and then dried at the same time. I'll try and dig up some pics of this.
But again, awesome job Caius!
Cheers!
Britannicus
Gaius Aquilius Britannicus
aka. Todd Searls
aka. Todd Searls
