04-07-2009, 01:28 PM
They are actually quite light, i didn't weigh them but they are by no means any more than 1 or 2 lbs. The metal bends very easily, if you look where it is screwed in (yes again this is modern but i wanted to make sure this would work first before riveting), I used 2 leather squares like washers, these move, but also force the metal back somewhat to its origenal possition, also they are only connected on the bottom side, so they act like clips. In a hurry they can either slide out the top or you just pull up and out and they come free from the clips very easily. I just put this together so it will take some more experimenting, but for now it seems to work, the other thing that works nice is that when the shield is hung over the shoulder for long marches, running, ect. both javalins are readily availible off the left shoulder and do not have to be carried. I'm not claiming this is how they did it, but there is no evidance i know of as of yet as to how this was done, and from personal experiance trying to carry the extra javalins and the shield in one hand is very uncomfortable.
Quintus Licinius Aquila
aka. Kevin Williams
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aka. Kevin Williams
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