10-02-2012, 01:47 AM
http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/tomentum
You fill the area under the stitching with tomentum. OK, it's your gear, do what you want, of course.
If the umbo had a larger base/hole, and you lifted your shield to strike with the lower edge, the upper edge of your shield aperture would not hit your wrist, and you would not need a wrist protector, as the diameter of the area in question would not be in the same place.
Look, make your shield any size you like, make your umbo 3" in diameter or whatever size you want. Make it from 22ga copper alloy, solid gold, or 16ga stainless steel. It doesn't matter to me, personally, in any way.
You fill the area under the stitching with tomentum. OK, it's your gear, do what you want, of course.
If the umbo had a larger base/hole, and you lifted your shield to strike with the lower edge, the upper edge of your shield aperture would not hit your wrist, and you would not need a wrist protector, as the diameter of the area in question would not be in the same place.
Quote: You wrote: Sorry man, but there is no evidence for larfer umbos.I presume you meant larGer. True, sir, there is not. Nor is there evidence for caligae in the sizes that most of us wear, nor doubled leather wrist protectors, nor "Romans" on the North American continent, nor helmets above around 6 5/8", etc., etc., as already stated.
Look, make your shield any size you like, make your umbo 3" in diameter or whatever size you want. Make it from 22ga copper alloy, solid gold, or 16ga stainless steel. It doesn't matter to me, personally, in any way.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
