01-07-2008, 02:32 PM
Quote:no trouble fitting them to flat boardsI agree. But using them this way is a different thing. Regarding how much care and craftsmanship was put into the shields, this seems quite improbable to me.
Quote:due to the spinning processAlthough it wouldn´t be a problem (or more or less work) to make them flat in the spinning process, if one wanted to. Would certainly increase the stability of the boss, if fitted onto a flat board. Especially if one thinks of how thin the sheet metal of most of the shield bosses was. A gap between the dome and the board is rather undesireable, since evry strong hit will deform the boss.
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.