03-14-2017, 09:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-29-2020, 08:46 AM by Crispianus.)
(03-13-2017, 11:25 PM)Dan D Wrote: Looks good.
I'm pretty sure the big chain stores carry all three between them, just going by those woods that come in 1/2-inch thickness. Since they don't sell an appropriate European species that I know of, it's down to whatever has the best properties and price.
I'm hoping to cut the outline on a band saw, with a join down the middle to make cutting the hand hole easier, and then chisel it to taper.
Thank you!
Thanks... it was a bit of fun really and quite generic the shape is based on Battersea though...
I used a hand held power plane to taper it a bit at a time untill it was more or less the right thickness at the edge, I dont know if you've seen the Hjortspring shields? but they do come in the size that you want...
http://hjortspring.dk/wold/shields.htm
BM search for Iron age shields brings up quite a lot, no wood but some quite good templates for different shapes of shields:
Iron Age shields in the BM
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
