10-01-2012, 11:30 PM
Quote:The modern use of leather wrist protectors may simply be due to us all being 'weekend warriors'; we're simply not used to wielding the scutum as the romans were. Hence we neither develop callisses, nummness or deformation of the bones like the Legionaries might have. We know form skeletal finds that the hardships of soldiering left their marks upon the bodies of the men. Today, with our maybe 40 days gross in the field, what can you expect...
Reverting to historical evidence, the use of wristguards can be ruled out. There is none. So what we do is cheat in order to preserve ourselves, save us from injuries. asensible thought, not backed by historical evidense. The use of a larger umbo appeals more to me than resorting to leather guards. But that's all upto the individual.
Sorry man, but there is no evidence for larfer umbos.
By the way, my umbo ist sufficently big enough. The shield just hits my wrist, when I lift it, and than hit my opponent with the bottom edge of it.
