11-29-2006, 02:23 PM
I guess I forgot to present my theory that if people today are larger their hands are larger, so the bosses made for smaller hands don't work for us.
So here goes:
We have one local Roman who stands about 5'1", and the scutum made with the 5" boss hole fits his hand just fine. But the rest of us have to either 1) put pads on the shield or hand (something I think the clever Romans would have noticed as a disadvantage and needless process: make it the right size and you don't have the problem) or 2) have crippled left hands (nope, the Romans wouldn't have stood for that) or 3) make the bosses proportionately larger, which we do. The bosses I make are based on a 6" hole. There isn't the problem of hitting the back of the hand on that rim, but it's probably not a bad idea to tack some leather over the top edge anyhow.
Just an observation, not a commandment.
So here goes:
We have one local Roman who stands about 5'1", and the scutum made with the 5" boss hole fits his hand just fine. But the rest of us have to either 1) put pads on the shield or hand (something I think the clever Romans would have noticed as a disadvantage and needless process: make it the right size and you don't have the problem) or 2) have crippled left hands (nope, the Romans wouldn't have stood for that) or 3) make the bosses proportionately larger, which we do. The bosses I make are based on a 6" hole. There isn't the problem of hitting the back of the hand on that rim, but it's probably not a bad idea to tack some leather over the top edge anyhow.
Just an observation, not a commandment.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
