04-13-2007, 02:32 PM
Following on from my earlier thread I made another blank, this time using two sheets of 4mm plywood. I rounded the corners, applied the bracing, and added a handle, only this time I off-set the handle to give nice clearance to the back of the hand.
The blank:
Detail of the handle which is fixed to the scutum via two wooden glued pegs that pass right through the whole construction to the outer face of the scutum:
The blank:
Detail of the handle which is fixed to the scutum via two wooden glued pegs that pass right through the whole construction to the outer face of the scutum:
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