Making an Aspis - Ring Method (Visual Aids)

[Chris B]

Repeat this for all attachment points on your porpax.

Next take the metal work that you either bought or made for the part of the ancillary that you will grip with your hand and the portion mirrored on the other side. Place them toward the outside of the shield's bowl near the rim sizing it to make sure it is wider than your hand with your arm through the porpax and mark all your holes with a pencil.

Attach these brass/bronze parts the exact same way as the porpax. You can use brass, bronze, or any metal you want. I would still use 16 or 18 gauge metal regardless. This is what it looks like finished.





I STILL do not not have the rosettes yet so I am at a dead stop until they arrive. That should be any day now and then I will attach four rings above and below the porpax in the empty space between what you already see on the shield.

I will cut thin leather strips. Then I will punch holes in both ends of the rectangular piece of leather and fold it over a solid brass ring. I will place another brass nail through the two punched holes and then put the nail through the rosette and through the wood. Then I will rivet them on the exact same way as shown above. I will add pictures of this as soon as they come. I expect this to only take 30 minutes or so once I get them, and then I will cover the front.

If you are going to leave a wooden face, I would just sink the rivets slightly deeper and putty over them. I personally would rather put at least a cloth face on the shield which will completely cover them.