Making Pteruges (or at least trying to make Pteruges!)

[madoc]

Also, I don't think your shield is going to last nearly as long if you had used it against people with edged weapons. Blunt weapons aren't the same and surely were not the choice of rome's enemies for the most part.

sorry.
Wrong.
Leather facing on shields has a positive result with sharp weapons as well;please reread my post.

You might have seen a documentary on the discovery channel where they were testing shields vs period thrown weapons. A friend of mine (in fact he bought my house off me) was the chap making the shields. leather covered shields are stronger (because of the binding effect of the leather) but the leather provides a surprising level of protection.

Have I missed something here ?
I did not believe there is any find of these items, so nobody knows for sure. It looks like, re-reading this entire thread, that many chaps have made theirs from a variety of materials using a variety of styles (some which, I would contend, have zero protective value) and construction methods. Surely each is valid, if it emulates the pictorial evidence ?