I'm asking this question because I started working on a non-domed ovular shield which weighs 6.8 pounds without the rawhide edging. Its dimensions are approximately 23 in. wide and 34 in. tall.
At almost seven pounds, this shield seems awfully heavy. Does this sound about right to all of you who have experience making shields?
Brian and Dan, thanks for the responses. I just wanted to make sure that I hadn't done something wrong. I guess at about seven pounds that's really not that bad!
For what it's worth, my shield (a straight sided scutum) weighs in at just on 20 pounds. By comparison I weigh ten and a half stone.
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There are conversion tables readily available to allow us laymen
To convert between imperial, metric, and whatever other abortion the academics have cooked up
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