My Scutum Press and Scutum Blank Construction

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Crispus - thanks for the comments and advice. I am assuming that the artefacts from York are incomplete? These look like brass (the Roman version anyway!).

Thanks to Jef I found a supplier of 50cm pre cut rawhide strips at a not outrageous price - lazy I know, but there are not many pet shops out here in Dubai. I will use these strips on my prototype. I am going to try the full rawhide covering on my mark 2 (made from strips of timber and not plywood).