02-03-2012, 07:04 AM
Forgive me if this has been discussed in the past, but I am curious to know what the general consensus is concerning the fore-grip of an aspis. I purchased this one by DSC: http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?...eld+-+Lion
Image of the back of the shield:
http://www.kultofathena.com/images%5CDS02D_1_l.jpg
The first thing I noticed was how the "carry rope" (excuse my terminology) also serves as the grip, this is extremely uncomfortable and after viewing several period images I have noticed that some depict a fore-grip that appears to be completely separate from the "carry rope", while in some they appear to be the same and in others there appears to be no rope at all, just the fore-grip/antilabe. Thoughts, opinions?
Thanks
Image of the back of the shield:
http://www.kultofathena.com/images%5CDS02D_1_l.jpg
The first thing I noticed was how the "carry rope" (excuse my terminology) also serves as the grip, this is extremely uncomfortable and after viewing several period images I have noticed that some depict a fore-grip that appears to be completely separate from the "carry rope", while in some they appear to be the same and in others there appears to be no rope at all, just the fore-grip/antilabe. Thoughts, opinions?
Thanks
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Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
