RE: The Aluminum alternative to wooden shields

["Garrett, William" <WGarrett@sierrahealth.com>]

Poster: "Garrett, William" <WGarrett@sierrahealth.com>

an addendum:  Sir Valeron always hit me, he hardly damaged my
shields..........his squires, all built like him but not as accurate,
mulched my shields.


> Poster: "Garrett, William" <WGarrett@sierrahealth.com>
> 
> Usually I'm pretty stuffy on the topic of using modern materials for armor
> and whatnot.
> However after having 5 wooden shields turned to mulch in a four month
> period
> (Anyone here know of Sir Valeron do Pico from Western Seas?) the last one
> being 3 days before Estrella, I decided to buy an Aluminum shield.  
> 
> That was five years ago.
> 
> had to restrap it once, and the edging needs replacing from time to
> time....needs it now actually.
> And I've repainted it periodically.
> 
> But other than that, no fuss no muss.
> 
> Lord William Ringlancer of Locksley.
> 
> Who is trying to make his rig as period as possible, but will keep his
> Aluminum shield.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Jason & Shannon Smith [SMTP:srgiles@erols.com]
> > Sent:	Friday, November 20, 1998 11:47 AM
> > To:	Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside
> > Subject:	Re: Curved plywood for shields.
> > 
> > 
> > Poster: "Jason & Shannon Smith" <srgiles@erols.com>
> > 
> > Greetings All!
> > 
> > I just constructed a 1/2" shield using the gluing methods spoken of
> here.
> > (Titebond works well!)  To edge the shield 1" flat, aluminum strips were
> > used.  It was (WAS) holding up very well... then came Thorbrandr.
> > 
> > Count Thorbrandr managed to destroy my new, shiny shield by hitting the
> > only
> > edge that was not covered with the aluminum. Grrrrrrrrrrr...
> > 
> > Ah well, back to the presses!
> > 
> > Andrew
> > 
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